Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
CTU members vote to ratify contract
(CHICAGO) Tentative voting results indicate the 25,000 active members of the Chicago Teachers Union have ratified an agreement reached with Chicago's school board, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. ...
Nov 02, 2016
Lawsuit seeks to block Emanuel’s red-light camera do-over
(CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel should be stopped in his tracks from giving 1.5 million motorists a red-light camera ticket do-over because his after-the-fact fix to a problem with those tickets violates...
Nov 02, 2016
CPS hit with 9th lawsuit from CO leak that sickened 71 kids
(CHICAGO) Chicago's Board of Education is facing at least its ninth lawsuit since a carbon monoxide leak at Northwest Side school last fall that sent dozens of children to hospitals. Maria Bogojel fil...
Nov 02, 2016
Cubs force Game 7, could win first World Series since 1908
By Jill Martin, CNN (CHICAGO) What’s one more day of suffering? Both the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians’ fan bases have waited so long already. The Cubs, powered in part by an Addison ...
Nov 01, 2016
White House starts moving Obama’s records to Chicago
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer When most office workers leave a job, clearing out their desk involves a cardboard box and maybe a paper shredder. When the office worker is the President of ...
Nov 01, 2016
Violent Weekend Claims Shooting Survivor
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) One of the victims of the deadly weekend in Chicago survived another shooting earlier this year that he live-streamed on Facebook. Thirty-year-old Brian Fields was ...
Oct 31, 2016
Johnson Reacts To Deadly Weekend
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Seventeen people killed in gun violence over the weekend, the deadliest weekend so far this year. Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson’s reaction is to recom...
Oct 31, 2016
Illinois’ 529 Plan Among Best in the Country
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois’ College Savings Program was named among the best in the nation, according to Morningstar, which evaluates and rates college savings plans. "We are a...
Oct 30, 2016
Indians one win away from first World Series championship since 1948
By Jill Martin, CNN If the Chicago Cubs don’t do something fast, the long-suffering misery in Chicago will continue. Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis each hit home runs, and Corey Kluber stymied ...
Oct 30, 2016
WEATHER: Showers ending later today
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) After a cold front comes thru, more seasonal conditions are expected today. Today|Rain showers early with overcast skies later in the day. High 5...
Oct 30, 2016
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