Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

48 – 0: City Council votes in favor Obama Presidential center.
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At today’s City Council meeting, the aldermen have given final and unanimous city approval to the Obama Presidential Center. It was a real nail-biter, 48-n...
Cumulus Media Oct 31, 2018
Sylvester Stallone Won’t Face Charges Over Sexual Assault Allegation
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is declining to press charges against actor Sylvester Stallone when it comes to a sexual assault allegation going back 30 years. Citing “i...
Cumulus Media Oct 31, 2018
More Good News in the Job Market
The job market continues to be red hot with ADP and Moody’s Analytics reporting that private payrolls increased by a better-than-expected 227,000 in October. A survey of economists conducted by ...
Cumulus Media Oct 31, 2018
German Nurse Admits To Murdering 100 Patients
A German man has admitted to killing over 100 patients while working as a nurse, in one of the biggest serial-killer trials in recent history. 41-year-old Niels Hoegel said he would give patients leth...
Cumulus Media Oct 31, 2018
Kanye Distances Himself From Trump, ‘Blexit’
It appears that Kanye West and Donald Trump may be headed for a breakup. Kanye seemed to distance himself from Trump and the so-called ‘Blexit’ in a series of tweets on Tuesday, which he c...
Cumulus Media Oct 31, 2018
DOJ Investigating Ryan Zinke
A member of President Trump’s Cabinet is under investigation by the Justice Department. The DOJ is reportedly investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The probe allegedly involves a real est...
Cumulus Media Oct 30, 2018
Man Stabs Coworker Over Book Spoilers
How far would you go to avoid spoilers? For this scientist, it’s apparently a matter of life and death. Sergey Savitsky, a Russian researcher stationed in Antarctica, is accused of stabbing his ...
Cumulus Media Oct 30, 2018

AG Madigan Sues Sterigenics
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A lawsuit has been filed against Sterigenics alleging the company is violating state pollution laws. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and DuPage County St...
Cumulus Media Oct 30, 2018
Shots Fired At Republican Campaign Office
Police in Florida are investigating after someone fired shots at a Republican campaign office in South Daytona. Police say multiple shots were fired sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday mornin...
Cumulus Media Oct 30, 2018
SD Inmate Cracks Joke in Last Words Prior to Execution
56-year-old inmate Rodney Berget was executed in South Dakota this week after killing an officer in an attempted escape in 2011. This is the first execution in the state since 2012. It was Ronald R...
Cumulus Media Oct 30, 2018






