Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Crash Closes Homewood Dairy Queen
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) You’ll have to find a cone or shake somewhere other than one south suburban ice cream shop, at least for now. Two people were injured when a vehicle...
Cumulus Media Jul 17, 2018

Illinois and Iowa investigating parasitic illnesses
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Illinois health officials have been looking into a rise in parasitic illnesses and now Iowa health officials are doing the same. It appears to be connecte...
Cumulus Media Jul 13, 2018

Puerto Rican short update: Forest Preserve cop quits
[van id=”us/2018/07/10/illinois-man-puerto-rico-shirt-park-officer-orig-vstop-bdk.cnn”] By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the Puerto Rican flag shirt controversy, the Cook County F...
Cumulus Media Jul 12, 2018

Duckworth: Kavanaugh puts Roe v Wade in peril
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (WASHINGTON, DC) Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth joined a press conference with other Democratic women of the senate to oppose Trump’s supreme court nomination of B...
Cumulus Media Jul 12, 2018

Conservatives blast Rauner for officiating at gay wedding
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, who is already trying to heal a rift with conservatives, has ignited new anger on the right after revelations that he ...
Cumulus Media Jul 12, 2018

Judge accused of bringing gun into Chicago courthouse
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge is charged with carrying a concealed weapon in a prohibited area after he was caught on video dropping a gun in a Chicago courthouse. A spokesman for Chief Judge Timothy Evans...
Cumulus Media Jul 11, 2018

Durbin: ‘Trump incapable of distinguishing friends from enemies’
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has been attacking Trump about his NATO Summit trip and his relationship with Russia president Putin. Even before Trump said in Brus...
Cumulus Media Jul 11, 2018

Illinois lawmaker wants to legalize fireworks
By John Dempseym WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) An Illinois State lawmaker says the time has come to legalize fireworks in Illinois. State Rep. Barbara Wheeler (R) Crystal Lake, tells the Chicago Tribune Illin...
Cumulus Media Jul 11, 2018

Trump has decided his court nominee; big reveal tonight
By CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has decided on his Supreme Court nominee, a person with knowledge of the situation revealed Monday, hours before a prime-t...
Cumulus Media Jul 09, 2018

Politico: Rauner profits off of ICE detention center contracts
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Politico is out with a story that reveals Governor Bruce Rauner “profits off of ICE detention center contracts.” A firm that handles Rauner’s i...
Cumulus Media Jul 09, 2018