Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
‘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
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
