Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Senate Dems trim list of services to be taxed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Senate Democrats are paring back on the services that would be subject for the first time to the Illinois sales tax. The Revenue Committee discussed changes Tuesday to a reven...
May 23, 2017
CTU: No Confidence In CPS CEO
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Teachers Union has given Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool a vote of no confidence. To no one’s surprise, the vote was ov...
May 23, 2017
State Settles With Target Over Data Breach
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Attorney General Lisa Madigan Tuesday announced that Illinois led 47 states and the District of Columbia in reaching an $18.5 million settlement with th...
May 23, 2017
New report raises questions about suburban red light camera tickets
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A new report says Chicago suburbs are making millions of dollars on red light cameras, even though many of the tickets were handed out to drivers who appa...
May 23, 2017
Accused Bank Robber Now in Custody
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The FBI says it has caught a man responsible for robbing three North Side banks in less than a week. Feds say Eric Hanson of Blue Island walked into the B...
May 23, 2017
Springfield sign company puts Lincoln print, wisdom on wall
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Motorists and pedestrians passing the Old State Capitol or Abraham Lincoln’s law office will now encounter a giant image of the 16th president a few blocks south. Ace Si...
May 23, 2017
Chicago development renews interest in housing program
CHICAGO (AP) - Officials of a 30-year-old housing agency originally intended to stop white flight in northwest Chicago say it’s seeing renewed interest, partly due to anxiety about a proposed ap...
May 23, 2017
WEATHER: Showers sticking around through the weekend
By Scott Lawrimore, Weather Channel Meteorologist UNSETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEK WITH A LARGE, SLOW UPPER LOW HANGING OUT WITH US THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND….. Today|Rain showers in the m...
May 23, 2017
Student killed by hammer throw wasn’t paying attention
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago college student was not paying attention to the hammer throw at a track and field meet last month when he was struck...
May 22, 2017
Police ID Mall Shooting Victim
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SKOKIE) — Police are reviewing camera footage from the mall where a man was found dead over the weekend. Skokie Police identify the man as 34-year-old Eric ...
May 22, 2017
