Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Emanuel calls Rauner “Governor Roadblock”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois may have a budget, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Bruce Rauner are still fighting. The Governor is expected to veto a bill on how state school aid ...
Jul 10, 2017
Activists charged after banner hung at Chicago’s Trump Tower
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors have brought felony charges against four of six Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago to protest the president’s stance on glo...
Jul 10, 2017
Judge tosses suit by consumer angered by ointment in tube
CHICAGO (AP) - Anyone who has ever struggled to get a last bit of toothpaste or other substance out of a tube may have pulled for an Illinois woman who literally tried to make a federal case out of ju...
Jul 10, 2017
Chicago museum gets $82K grant to preserve WWII submarine
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Park Service has awarded a grant to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to help preserve and expand access to its U-505 submarine. The park service announced the...
Jul 10, 2017
NTSB: Passenger chaos after American engine explosion, fire
CHICAGO (AP) - Passengers aboard an American Airlines 767 that suffered an engine failure and fire last year climbed over seats and pressured flight attendants to evacuate the plane as the second engi...
Jul 09, 2017
Population growth a target of Chicago zoo’s condom giveaway
CHICAGO (AP) - A group promoting biological diversity passed out condoms at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo to draw attention to the impact of human population growth on wildlife and the environment....
Jul 09, 2017
WI Home owners don’t have to let assessors in to challenge tax
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court says statutes requiring home owners to let assessors inside before they can challenge their property taxes are unconstitutional as applied to a pair of...
Jul 09, 2017
Former Social Security Administration Employee Gets 5 Years for Securing Himself by Fraud
By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — A former employee of the Social Security Administration in Chicago has been given a 5 year prison sentence for fraud. He was sentenced for put...
Jul 08, 2017
WEATHER: Sunny Saturday, chance for rain later on Sunday
By Kenneth Boone, Weather Channel Meteorologist PLEASANT WEATHER TODAY…STRAY THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY…BETTER CHANCES FOR MONDAY Today|A few clouds from time to time. High ...
Jul 08, 2017
Drury calls Pritzker “unelectable”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for governor, Democratic candidate and North Shore St Rep Scott Drury tells WLS' Bill Cameron that billionaire J B Pritzker is “unelectable....
Jul 07, 2017
