Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Smollett Now A Suspect
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is now considered a suspect “for filing a false police report” about a January 29th attack in downt...
Feb 20, 2019
Police: Smollett suspected of lying about attack
[van id=”entertainment/2019/02/16/jussie-smollett-attack-update-young-unfiltered-vpx.cnn”] CHICAGO (AP) - A police official says “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is now considere...
Feb 20, 2019
Burke’s Wall now the center of attention in the 14th Ward
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/20162605/Bill-Burkes-Wall.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In embattled Ald Ed Burke’s campaign for re-election, there’s a new charge...
Feb 20, 2019
Dog Reunited With Family Following California Wildfire
If only he could speak, the stories he’d tell. While his family was fleeing the Paradise, California wildfires, Kingston the dog hopped out of the truck he was riding in and ran off. The 12-year...
Feb 20, 2019
Pritzker to unveil state budget proposal, facing $3B deficit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to unveil his first annual budget proposal amid an estimated $3.2 billion deficit. The Democrat will address a joint session of...
Feb 20, 2019
Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator
[van id=”justice/2019/02/17/jussie-smollett-attack-statement-young-vanier-nr-vpx.cnn”] By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say they’ve dismissed a tip that ...
Feb 20, 2019
Funerals Begin for Aurora Warehouse Shooting Victims
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Visitation and the funeral will be held later today in Sheridan, Illinois for Trevor Wehner, 21, who was shot to death during the first day of his interns...
Feb 20, 2019
Sanders Campaign Raises $1 Million in 3 1/2 Hours
It looks like Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is already off to an encouraging start. Just three-and-a-half hours after announcing his candidacy on Tuesday’s Good Morning America , t...
Feb 20, 2019
Obama Center hits a snag
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A federal judge is allowing the lawsuit against using part of Jackson Park for the Obama Center to proceed. Bill Cameron says it’s about a suit against cit...
Feb 19, 2019
Klobuchar Says She’s a “Tough Boss”, Defends Work Record
On Monday Sen. Amy Klobuchar was questioned at a CNN town hall about former staffers calling her “difficult, demanding and even abusive” at times. Previously as an attorney and now as a Se...
Feb 19, 2019
