Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
FBI Warns More Suspicious Packages Possible
The FBI is warning the public to be wary of more suspicious packages that could be in the mail. So far, pipe bomb-like devices have been sent to a number of prominent politicians, celebrities, and new...
Oct 25, 2018
Joe Biden Becomes Latest Bomb Scare Target
Former Vice President Joe Biden has become the 9th person to be targeted by a serial bomber that has been busy sending mail bombs around the country. The suspected pipe bomb never made it to Biden. It...
Oct 25, 2018
O’Hare control towers to be dedicated to Roman Pucinski
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At O'Hare Thursday morning, city officials are dedicating one of the airport’s four towers in the name of the late Congressman and Alderman Roman Pucinski....
Oct 25, 2018
Texas Woman Starves Child, Claims He Had Terminal Illness
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, a story comes along that shocks your sensibilities. A Texas woman has been convicted of attempted murder for starving a teen she cared for. 42-year-old D...
Oct 24, 2018
Ex-Adidas Executive Guilty in College Hoops Bribery Scheme
On Wednesday, former Adidas executive James Gatto was found guilty of wire fraud by a jury in Manhattan federal court. Gatto was found to have taken part in a scheme to bribe high school basketball pl...
Oct 24, 2018
Suspicious Packages Sent to Barack Obama and The Clintons
The feds are investigating suspicious packages sent to former president Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. Law enforcement told The New York Times that an ̶...
Oct 24, 2018
Sheriff Dart says jail reforms have gone too far
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The number of inmates in Cook County Jail is down by a few thousand, but Sheriff Tom Dart has some regrets about the the reforms that made it possible. Letting n...
Oct 24, 2018
AG Madigan urging protection for military members
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) - Attorney General Lisa Madigan Tuesday joined a coalition of 32 attorneys general in calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Acting Director Mi...
Oct 24, 2018
Turkey’s President Wants Trial Over Khashoggi Murder
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is demanding that the killer or killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi be brought to justice… in Turkey. Erdogan made a speech to parliament on Tuesday. In ...
Oct 23, 2018
City Clerk proposes a four month city vehicle sticker option
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) From City Hall, some news you can use, City Clerk Anna Valencia is proposing a four-month city vehicle sticker option. Not everybody can afford to pay for an ann...
Oct 23, 2018
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