Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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
Real-Life Grinches Steal From Toys For Tots Drive
Police in Akron, Ohio are looking for three people who took a nod from the Grinch and tried to steal Christmas. Cops say the trio posed as volunteers at a Toys for Tots drive, stealing about $5,000 wo...
Dec 13, 2018
GOP Senator Says He Will Block Criminal Justice Reform Bill
On Wednesday, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said he will block the criminal justice reform bill by not giving it unanimous consent. Procedural votes in the Senate can be swift when consent is unan...
Dec 13, 2018
Icon of Chicago African-America politics turns 100
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, one of the icons of Chicago’s African-American politics – Dr. Timuel Black – is 100 years olD. Timuel Black has seen it all in th...
Dec 13, 2018
Protest planned at O’Hare
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Flight attendants plan to picket outside of O’Hare Thursday because of planned cuts to staff on some United flights. The demonstration is being le...
Dec 12, 2018
Burke raid has inspired his enemies
BY Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the saga of the raided alderman Ed Burke, there’s a proposal in the city council to take away his biggest program. Progressive aldermen want to move Bur...
Dec 12, 2018
