Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Washington State Gets Rid Of Death Penalty
Washington state is doing away with the death penalty, after the state Supreme Court ruled that it violated the state’s constitution. The five-judge panel unanimously voted it down, saying the d...
Oct 11, 2018
Conservative activists criticize DePaul over denying event
The Left launched a war on police officers to secure the black vote. Their media used the horrific death of Philando Castile to manipulate black minds. Never again will we allow this. pic.twitt...
Oct 11, 2018
Today Is Walk To School Day
Today is the day where students get to experience what we all had to do when we were younger: walk to school uphill, both ways, with only shoeboxes to cover our feet. And while perhaps things are a li...
Oct 11, 2018
Operator Of NY Limo Company Charged With Homicide
The man who runs the limo company involved in Sunday’s horrific crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide. Nauman Hussain i...
Oct 10, 2018
Father Upset After Finding Mold in Capri Sun
A father’s Facebook post is going viral after showing what he almost served his daughter as a treat. He said he noticed the Capri Sun pouch he was going to hand to his child was a little light b...
Oct 10, 2018
Emanuel mocks reporters coverage of Session’s vow to end consent decree
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) President Trump has directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to file a brief in federal court objecting to the Chicago Police consent decree. Mayor Emanuel is moc...
Oct 10, 2018
McDonald case spawns millennial challengers to entrenched aldermen
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, the Laquan McDonald saga has spawned a group of millennial challengers to the city’s aldermen. Millennials don’t vote in big numbers, b...
Oct 10, 2018
Preckwinkle to present Cook County budget proposal
(CHICAGO) Toni Preckwinkle unveils her 2019 Cook County budget proposal this afternoon (Wednesday afternoon). It’s an election years budget. Not just one election year but two politically. That&...
Oct 10, 2018
Sears adds restructuring expert
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.) — Sears is adding a restructuring expert to its board which could signal additional actions to survive. The Hoffman Estates based company ha...
Oct 10, 2018
Anthony Weiner To Be Released From Prison Early
Looks like former congressman Anthony Weiner will be getting out of prison a little early. Weiner is currently serving a 21-month federal sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. But he’s c...
Oct 9, 2018
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