Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Metra exceeds goal for on-time trains in October
(CHICAGO) Metra hit its monthly on-time performance goal with record numbers for October. During October, 97.4 percent of trains were on time, which exceeded the average of 95.7 percent for the past f...
Nov 12, 2016
CTA breaks record with 1.1 million L riders for Cubs parade
CTA photo (CHICAGO) More than 1.1 million Cubs fans took CTA trains took get to the World Series parade and rally last week, setting a single-day record for L passengers. The new high rail mark of 1,1...
Nov 11, 2016
Protest threat prompts high school to cancel Friday classes
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Catholic high school has canceled classes after a protest was announced targeting the institution for alleged racial slurs following demonstrations over a police-involved shoo...
Nov 11, 2016
Grubhub CEO repudiates Donald Trump in email to workers
CHICAGO (AP) - The co-founder of the Chicago-based food delivery service Grubhub is making clear his disdain for President-elect Donald Trump. CEO Matt Maloney wrote in an email to his workers that th...
Nov 11, 2016
Could Trump victory help Blago?
(CHICAGO) The election of Donald Trump as President could possibly help the cause of imprisoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. As the Chicago Tribune points out, Blagojevich needs either th...
Nov 10, 2016
Racial tension flares in mostly white Chicago neighborhood
CHICAGO (AP) - A largely white Chicago neighborhood that many police officers and firefighters call home has taken center stage this week in the city’s tensions over gun violence, race and polic...
Nov 10, 2016
Clashes as brother of man shot by Chicago officer is charged
CHICAGO (AP) - A neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side has been rocked by noisy confrontations between protesters and police supporters for the second time since the fatal shooting of a black...
Nov 09, 2016
Sox Announce Cactus League Season
By NIck Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago White Sox begin the 2017 Cactus League season on Saturday, February 25 as the "visiting" team against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch, the te...
Nov 09, 2016
Lawsuit seeks to overturn Chicago’s home-sharing ordinance
(CHICAGO) Chicago crossed the line into the privacy of people's homes - and violated constitutional protections - by imposing sweeping regulations governing Airbnb and other home-sharing services, a f...
Nov 09, 2016
ILLINOIS: Schneider wins back congressional seat from Dold
(CHICAGO) Democrat Brad Schneider has won back his old congressional seat, defeating Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold in a rematch for the suburban Chicago district. Schneider topped Dold on Tuesday to e...
Nov 09, 2016
