Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Obama Foundation reports $13M in donations in 2016
CHICAGO (AP) - Tax documents show the foundation that’ll construct and oversee the Obama Presidential Center received around $13 million in contributions last year. The Chicago Sun-Times reports...
May 15, 2017
UIC releases lengthy report on racial inequality in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - A University of Illinois at Chicago report examines “pervasive” racial inequalities in the city when it comes to housing, economics, criminal justice and health care. The 18...
May 15, 2017
Soto Placed On 60-Day DL
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (ANAHEIM, CA) — Prior to tonight's game at the Los Angeles Angels, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Gregory Infante from Class AAA C...
May 15, 2017
GOP: Pritzker Typical Chicago Politician
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — In the race for governor there’s a new flap over the legal property tax breaks that Democrat J.B. Pritzker got on one of his Gold Coast mansion...
May 15, 2017
Gun Ownership On Rise In Chicago, Suburbs
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) In Chicago, applications for FOID cards are on the rise, even though there has been a slowdown of gun demand at the national level. Illinois State Police say th...
May 15, 2017
Cockpit Door Codes Being Reworked at United
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago-based United Airlines is making a change and it has nothing to do with the stories that have made the headlines recently. The keypad codes used to...
May 15, 2017
UPDATE: SWAT team kills inmate who took hostage at Illinois hospital
By Ralph Ellis and Chuck Johnston A SWAT team killed a jail inmate who’d taken a woman hostage Saturday inside a suburban Chicago hospital, authorities said. The inmate, Tywon Salters, 22, of Ch...
May 15, 2017
Illinois authorities, health centers tackle opioid epidemic
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are scrambling to address the opioid epidemic. DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner tells The Pantagraph ...
May 15, 2017
Frozen burritos recalled over listeria fears
By Nicole Chavez A company in New Mexico is recalling about 253,000 pounds of frozen burritos in four states over fears of listeria contamination. Green Chile Food Company recalled several types of me...
May 15, 2017
Police: Woman killed after being rammed into tree with car
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago authorities say that an 18-year-old woman is dead after another woman repeatedly slammed her into a tree with her car following an argument. Police say the incident happened aro...
May 15, 2017
