Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Study Reveals Cheese Is Good for Your Health
The type of cheese that you choose to consume does not matter, as long as you consume two servings a day according to a study involving over 130,000 people. Your heart can benefit from whole dairy foo...
Feb 22, 2019
Run for the Hills! Giant ‘Nightmare Bee’ Not Extinct After All
Four times the size of an average honeybee, it’s not difficult to understand how the black Giant Bee earned the nickname “the nightmare bee.” The mammoth insect has been thought to b...
Feb 22, 2019
‘Empire’ producers cut Smollett from season’s last episodes
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Actor Jussie Smollett’s character on “Empire” will be removed from the final two episodes of this season in the wake of his arrest on c...
Feb 22, 2019
Chicago’s vast camera network helped Smollett investigation
By TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Police tapped into Chicago’s vast network of surveillance cameras - and even some homeowners’ doorbell cameras - to track down two brothers...
Feb 22, 2019
Gang database killed … or is it?
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/22085514/Bill-Gang-Database.mp3 By Bill Cameron , WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Cook County Board has voted to kill the controversial gang database. Sheriff To...
Feb 22, 2019
Samsung Has A Folding Phone, But It Will Cost You
Hate having to lug around both a tablet and a phone that is nearly as large as one? That may no longer be a problem this spring thanks to Samsung. The smartphone giant wants to shake up the industry t...
Feb 21, 2019
‘Empire’ actor goes from victim to accused felon in 3 weeks
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a police report when he told authorities he...
Feb 21, 2019
‘Empire’ actor turns self in to face charge
smo[van id=”entertainment/2019/02/16/jussie-smollett-attack-update-young-unfiltered-vpx.cnn”] CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has turned himsel...
Feb 21, 2019
R Kelly Leaves His Chicago Studio
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) R Kelly has moved out of his recording studio on Chicago’s west side. The move comes weeks after building inspectors found violations and a judge re...
Feb 21, 2019
‘Empire’ actor charged with making false police report
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by tw...
Feb 20, 2019
