Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Judge: No cameras at Wheaton College players’ arraignment
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Cameras won’t be allowed in suburban Chicago court when four of the five Wheaton College football players are arraigned Monday on charges of battery against one of their tea...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

Lawsuit: Uber driver sexually assaulted, harassed Chicago woman
(CHICAGO) A Chicago woman is suing Uber after a driver allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed her last month. Elizabeth Hammond, 30, requested an Uber in the early morning hours of Sept. 24 for a t...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

US alleges suburban Chicago company defrauded Medicare
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owners of a suburban Chicago health care company alleging they defrauded Medicare for millions of dollars they didn’t earn. Prosecutors an...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

Roundy’s recalls chili, soup; possible plastic contamination
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 16,000 pounds of chili and soup that may be contaminated with hard plastic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Saf...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

Walgreens to add 300 jobs in Chicago for technology center
CHICAGO (AP) - Walgreens says it’ll add 300 jobs to its Chicago office to create a new technology center. The jobs will be new hires and relocations from the company headquarters in suburban Dee...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

WEATHER: Dry air thru Saturday
By Weather Channel Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore High pressure will result in dry conditions into the start of the weekend before rain develops into Sunday. Today | Sunny skies. High 71F. Winds light ...
Cumulus Media Oct 19, 2017

Ford Recalls Trucks
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (DETROIT) The top-selling truck is being recalled because of a possible door problem. Ford is recalling some 1.3 million 2015 to 2017 F-150 and 2017 Super Duty vehi...
Cumulus Media Oct 18, 2017

Chicago’s Amazon bid focuses on workforce and transportation
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago has officially thrown its hat in the ring with a bid for Amazon’s massive second headquarters, adding its pitch to the stiff competition from cities that are talking about...
Cumulus Media Oct 18, 2017

Ex-Chicago detective refuses to answer murder case questions
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago police detective who a judge ordered to testify in a decades-old homicide investigation is refusing to answer questions. The case involves allegations Reynaldo Guevara ...
Cumulus Media Oct 18, 2017

Ryan backs Trump on ending health insurance subsidies
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - House Speaker Paul Ryan says he does not want to “shovel more money at a failing program” to replace federal subsidies that President Donald Trump is eliminating that ...
Cumulus Media Oct 18, 2017