Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago school construction could unearth human remains
CHICAGO (AP) - Construction workers building a school in a northwest Chicago neighborhood are working carefully to avoid disturbing human remains possibly lying underneath the site. The $70 million Re...
Apr 06, 2018
GOP Senator Blunt critical of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, is critical of the Trump administration’s tariffs. “A trade war always has unanticipated consequences,” he said during a...
Apr 05, 2018
Wilson gives campaign $100k, “making a fair playing field.”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the campaign for mayor of Chicago, candidate Willie Wilson is back in action! Willie Wilson loves to call media members up to his Wacker Dr penthouse apartmen...
Apr 04, 2018
Guzzardi proposes to toughen law against discrimination in business
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Today is the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and one liberal state rep is proposing a new law against discrimination. State R...
Apr 04, 2018
Trump: We’ll use military to protect US border
[van id=”politics/2018/04/03/trump-military-protect-us-border-mexico-sot.cnn”] During a meeting with Baltic leaders, President Trump discusses border security, saying he’s talked wit...
Apr 03, 2018
Pritzker vows to ‘get rid’ of tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Democrat JB Pritzker is out with big new proposals to solve the state’s budget and pension problems. Long term, Pritzker wants a graduated income tax. Shor...
Apr 03, 2018
Bond is Reduced for Northwest Indiana Mother
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (GARY, IN) A judge has reduced to $125,000 from $200,000 the bond for a Gary, Indiana woman facing neglect charges after her two young children died in an apartment...
Apr 03, 2018
Three Chicago Store Clerks Charged With Selling Synthetic Pot Laced With Rat Poison
Three convenience store clerks in Chicago are under arrest for selling synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison. The trio were charged on Monday after undercover federal agents bought between 50 and ...
Apr 03, 2018
Man arrested after 400 pounds of marijuana found in his home
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man is in custody and facing drug and weapons charges after police discovered more than 400 pounds of marijuana inside his home. The Chicago Tribune reports that 31-y...
Apr 02, 2018
Michigan ends Loyola-Chicago’s run, advances to national championship
By Jill Martin There will be no Hollywood ending for Loyola-Chicago. No. 3 Michigan has advanced to the national championship game with a 69-57 win over the 11th-seeded Ramblers, ending their magical ...
Mar 31, 2018
