Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
A Facebook Bug Could Have Exposed Photos You Didn’t Want Shared
It’s another potential black eye for Facebook today with news that a bug could have affected up to 6.8 million users and photos they didn’t want shared. You know those photos you have on y...
Dec 14, 2018
Judge denies retrial motion in Van Dyke case
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Judge Vincent Gaughan Friday denied retrial motions for former police officer Jason Van Dyke. Attorney Daniel Herbert first asked the judge for a judgem...
Dec 14, 2018
Department of Education to Erase $150 Million in Student Debt
If you took out a student loan to attend a for-profit college or university, you may be getting the best Christmas present of all this year. The Department of Education will be erasing $150 million wo...
Dec 14, 2018
Pritzker: Emanuel’s pension plan is not “viable”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In an interview with Bill Cameron, Governor-elect J B Pritzker says Mayor Emanuel’s pension rescue idea is not “viable.” https://cdn.socast.io/...
Dec 14, 2018
Man Finds His Father’s Remains In The Basement 57 Years Later
Michael Carroll thought his father had abandoned him as a baby. Instead, it turns out his dad had been buried in the basement the whole time. Carroll and his sons came across skeletal human remains in...
Dec 13, 2018
Barack Obama Honored With RFK Human Rights Award
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama was presented with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights ‘Ripple Of Hope’ Award, an honor given to people who “have demonstrated a commitment...
Dec 13, 2018
Why Did Miss USA Mock Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia?
Miss USA is in some hot water after making some controversial comments made on the Instagram Live feed of Miss Colombia. In the footage that has found its way online, Sarah Rose Summers can be heard m...
Dec 13, 2018
Gas Tax Hike, Some Mayors On The Fence
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Some suburban mayors say they were wrongly identified as being in support of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed gas tax hike. Dave Bennett, the...
Dec 13, 2018
Is it a COLA or a pay raise?
By Bill Cameon, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel is attacking one of the biggest drivers of escalating benefits, the cost of living adjustments. All of the leading candidates for mayor except Bill ...
Dec 13, 2018
Incoming NY Attorney General To Investigate Trump
Letitia James, who was elected as New York’s Attorney General last month, is planning to investigate the Trump family once she takes office. James told NBC her office will “use every area ...
Dec 13, 2018
