Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Auto Sales Slip in May
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) U.S. auto sales are down for the fifth straight month in May. Auto Analysts had forecast a small increase for the month of May but sales were down for qui...
Jun 02, 2017
Doctor: Train conductor shot in Illinois has long recovery
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A physician says an Amtrak conductor who was shot while standing on the platform of a suburban Chicago train station faces multiple surgeries and months in the hospital ...
Jun 02, 2017
Rauner blames Democrats for budget failure
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he is committed to solving the state’s budget standoff, but he blames Democrats for this week’s failure to pass a...
Jun 02, 2017
Sears says that some Kmart stores targets of security breach
NEW YORK (AP) - Sears Holdings Corp. says some of its Kmart stores were targeted by hackers, leading to unauthorized activity on some of its customers’ credit cards. The company says in a blog p...
Jun 02, 2017
Cullerton: Republicans Can Solve Budget Impasse
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) tells Big John and Ray on WLS that he had hoped that the House would send Gov. Bruce Rauner a budge...
Jun 01, 2017
S&P Lowers State Credit Rating
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (SPRINGFIELD) — State government is now entering its third year without a budget and because of that, the state’s credit rating has taken an immediate hit....
Jun 01, 2017
Outrageous Comp Time
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) City Hall’s Inspector General Joe Ferguson is out with a new audit of the city’s collective bargaining agreements and this one reveals an very ge...
Jun 01, 2017
WEATHER: Sunny and warm. Possible storms late Friday
By Ray Stagich, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) A mostly dry stretch of weather through Thursday. A few more showers and storms look possible Friday into the 1st weekend of June….. Warmi...
Jun 01, 2017
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson to Retire
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) White Sox play-by-play announcer Ken “Hawk” Harrelson has been in the broadcast booth for more than 30 years. His final year will be the 2018 ...
May 31, 2017
Illinois Legislature OK’s automatic-voter registration
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Legislature has overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to automatically register qualified voters. The proposal would register eligible individuals automatically when the...
May 31, 2017
