Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Emanuel ties McCarthy to Trump
By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) Here on the day after former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced for mayor, Mayor Emanuel’s campaign is out with a new web ad attacking McCarthy. So ...
Mar 22, 2018
Former campaign worker sues Madigan fund in sexual harassment case
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the state sexual harassment scandal, whistle-blower Alaina Hampton has filed a federal lawsuit against two of Speaker Madigan’s political operations: th...
Mar 22, 2018
Garry McCarthy announces he’s running for Mayor
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is officially declaring that he is running for Mayor of Chicago next year, challenging the incumbent Mayor who fired ...
Mar 22, 2018
Cabbie Charged With Attacking Elderly Passenger
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) An 81-year old woman hailed a cab on Chicago’s north side last month so that she could visit her husband at a nursing home. Cook County Prosecutors say ...
Mar 22, 2018
Pritzker notes ‘consequences of Rauner not funding a budget’
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner’s challenger JB Pritzker today introduced five people he says Rauner has failed. One of them attempted to connect Rauner to veteran suicide...
Mar 21, 2018
Biden says he would ‘beat the hell’ out of Trump if in high school
By Veronica Stracqualursi Former Vice President Joe Biden said he would “beat the hell out of” President Donald Trump if they were in high school over his crude comments about women. ̶...
Mar 21, 2018
Will Ives support Rauner in General Election?
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) So, where do Jeanne Ives supporters go in the November election Bill Cameron? On election eve, Jeanne Ives told me she’d support Bruce Rauner if he wins th...
Mar 21, 2018
Rauner pledges to unite Republicans after defeating Ives in Republican primary
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner is pledging to unite the fractured Republican party after winning his bitter primary battle with conservative State Rep...
Mar 21, 2018
Want to avoid the flu while flying? Try a window seat
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Worried about catching a cold or the flu on an airplane? Get a window seat, and don’t leave it until the flight is over. That’s what some ...
Mar 20, 2018
Couple dies after crash into suburban Chicago retention pond
NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a husband and wife died after their car plunged into a retention pond in Chicago’s southwestern suburbs. Emergency crews were called to the scene in a New ...
Mar 20, 2018
