Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Emanuel proposes eliminating Police Review agency
By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The city of Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) would be disbanded under a new proposal revealed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel late Friday. In an ...
May 13, 2016
TSA Fix For Long Lines
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) There were incredible lines at Midway Airport yesterday and it’s something that is being seen across the country because of a lack of TSA agents. But the ...
May 13, 2016
Development deal for old Chicago Post Office
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel says a deal is finally in the works to redevelop Chicago’s long-vacant old main post office, which straddles Congress Parkway. Emanuel s...
May 13, 2016
Call of shots fired briefly shuts down Dan Ryan express lanes
Illinois State Police troopers canvass the Dan Ryan express lanes for shell casings after a call of shots fired late Thursday on I-94. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) The shooting was reported a...
May 13, 2016
Two charged with prostitution at Batavia massage parlors
Tong Liu | Batavia police (BATAVIA) Women at two massage parlors in west suburban Batavia were charged with prostitution Thursday, according to a statement from the Batavia Police Department. Undercov...
May 13, 2016
UPDATE: South Side man featured in ‘Chicagoland’ documentary killed
(CHICAGO) A South Side man whose transformational story was featured in the CNN documentary "Chicagoland" was killed early Thursday. Family learned about Lee McCollum III's death about 1 a.m. Thursday...
May 12, 2016
Attorney: Hastert won’t appeal 15-month prison sentence
(CHICAGO) Dennis Hastert does not plan to appeal the 15-month prison sentence handed down in a dramatic court hearing late last month, his lead attorney told the Chicago Sun-Times. Thomas Green confir...
May 12, 2016
Suit Against Duckworth Can Move Forward
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A tentative trial date has been set in a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). A judge in Downstate Union County has decided to let the workplace re...
May 12, 2016
Zopp Tapped as Deputy Mayor
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed former Chicago Uban League president & unsuccessful Senate candidate Andrea Zopp to be a second deputy mayor for neighbo...
May 12, 2016
Friends of the Parks fights Rahm motion to dismiss Lucas museum lawsuit.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The good government group trying to keep the George Lucas museum from being located on Chicago’s lakefront, is responding to Mayor Emanuel’s late...
May 12, 2016
