Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Thousands Expected Downtown On NYE
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Thousands will fill Times Square in New York City for the annual ball drop and an equally impressive crowd is expected in Downtown Chicago for “Chi-Town Risin...
Dec 31, 2016
Possibly Lowering Standards For Cop Applicants
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago will be hiring hundreds of new cops in the coming two years and Mayor Emanuel is sounding sympathetic to lowering the standards to apply. There’...
Dec 30, 2016
UPDATE: Free rides on CTA trains and buses for New Year’s partygoers
(CHICAGO) Once again, the CTA will offer free rides on all trains and buses for New Year's revelers. Between 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, and 4 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, all rides will be free on CTA buses a...
Dec 30, 2016
WEATHER: Cloudy and windy but warmer start for 2017
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Gusty conditions continue through today. Looks like the next chance for precipitation looks to hold off until Sunday night. Friday|Partly sunny a...
Dec 30, 2016
Pence in Chicago
By WLS-AM 890 Newsroom (CHICAGO) Vice President-elect Mike Pence is making a swing through Chicago Friday. He will attend a fundraiser at the Chicago Club on West Van Buren Street. Protesters are expe...
Dec 29, 2016
Report: 144 Illinois school districts gave bonuses last year
CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 150 Illinois public school districts gave bonuses to teachers and administrators last school year. The Chicago Tribune says the 144 districts represent 20 percent of all district...
Dec 29, 2016
All Chicago Police Officers Getting Body Cameras
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) By the end of 2017, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is promising a body camera on every cop – including himself. “I think body cams w...
Dec 28, 2016
Group: Legalize Pot To Fill Budget Hole
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) As more states look to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, one group thinks Illinois could benefit, if there was the political will to do so. Dan Linn, exec...
Dec 28, 2016
Chicago Restaurant Inspections Down
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A lot of people dining out in Chicago during the holidays but restaurant inspections are way down. The city inspector general has found that only 40% of Chic...
Dec 28, 2016
New Year, New Laws
By Christopher Michael, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Sunday starts a new year, and with it comes the beginning of new laws. We have repeatedly heard about the state budget not coming through, and you mig...
Dec 28, 2016
