Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Taste Of Chicago Music Lineup Announced
You can get a taste of The Taste this weekend. Forty food vendors will be cooking at the Taste of Chicago, which kicks off September 6th in Grant Park.Among the restaurants appearing include the Billy...
Cumulus Media Jul 26, 2024

New details about downstate sheriff’s deputy who shot Sonya Massey in her home
The downstate Sangamon County deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home while responding to her 911 call was discharged from the U.S. Army for “serious misconduct,” after less than ...
Cumulus Media Jul 26, 2024

Congressmen Call For Ouster of Secret Service Head
At the Illinois Republican Delegate breakfast in Milwaukee on Thursday morning, Representative Darin LaHood (R – 16th District), who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, called for Secret...
Cumulus Media Jul 18, 2024

Balloon Drop Is Up In The Air For RNC Finale
At Thursday night's finale of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, former president Donald Trump will accept the nomination of his party for President. At that moment, over 100 thousand re...
Cumulus Media Jul 18, 2024

Kathy Salvi to become Illinois Republican Chair. “I’m A Team Player And I Love This State.”
Incoming Republican Chairperson Kathy Salvi said the road to a red Illinois is unity in the party. Salvi made her remarks Wednesday morning during the Illinois Delegation breakfast on Day 3 at the Rep...
Cumulus Media Jul 17, 2024

Security Fears Take a Back-Seat at the RNC
Security Fears? What security fears? Day 1 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee has been more of a party than anything else. Loud cheers came from the crowd as all 50 states’ deleg...
Cumulus Media Jul 15, 2024

Illinois GOP Unified for Trump as RNC Begins
Illinois Republicans are all-in for Donald Trump on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Before festivities began at the RNC, members of the Illinois Republican Party met at a bre...
Cumulus Media Jul 15, 2024

Gotion uses slave labor. What happens to the deal Gov. Pritzker struck with the company?
Former Illinois State Representative Jeanne Ives joins Ray Stevens to talk about the $2 billion Gotion battery deal, the reveal that they use slave labor, and Gotion’s ties to communism.
Cumulus Media Jun 10, 2024
Gas Prices Up
(CHICAGO) — Illinois gas prices inched up 2 cents from a week ago, and the conflict in the Middle East is partially to blame. Monday’s state average for a regular gallon of gas is $3.63 Th...
Cumulus Media Oct 23, 2023
AAA, Broadcasters Team Up on Roadside Safety
(CHICAGO) — AAA - The Auto Club Group is partnering with the Illinois Broadcasters Association to air Public Safety Announcements educating the public about roadside safety.Law enforcement offic...
Cumulus Media Oct 18, 2023