Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Big overtime expense by CFD … under fire
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, another controversial big expense has been revealed. Overtime racked up by the police department gets most of the attention, but it’s now run...
Oct 26, 2018
Trump’s Tweet About Only Using Government Phones Was Sent From An iPhone
A bombshell story came out in The New York Times on Wednesday alleging that President Trump routinely uses insecure iPhones when calling friends and associates and that foreign agents are spying on hi...
Oct 26, 2018
Senator Wants DOJ Investigation Into Avenatti, Kavanaugh Accuser
Sen. Chuck Grassley, who oversaw the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, wants the Justice Department to investigate attorney Michael Avenatti and one of Kavanaugh’s accusers....
Oct 25, 2018
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
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