Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Lisa Madigan’s office sues electricity supplier for deceptive marketing
(CHICAGO) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office filed a lawsuit Thursday against alternative retail electricity supplier PALMco Power IL LLC for allegedly misleading customers about the true...
Cumulus Media Mar 10, 2017

Lawyer: Man’s innocence certificate ‘not even worth the paper’
(CHICAGO) A lawyer for seven Chicago cops told a federal jury on Wednesday that Deon Patrick's certificate of innocence is "not even worth the paper that it's printed on," the Chicago Sun-Times is rep...
Cumulus Media Mar 09, 2017

Charges Filed in Bleach Death
Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A Chicago woman is due in bond court Thursday on charges that she killed her boyfriend by forcing him to drink a caustic substance. Yasmine Elder and her boy...
Cumulus Media Mar 09, 2017

Lawyer plans to depose Hastert after he’s out of prison
CHICAGO (AP) - A lawyer for a man sexually abused by Dennis Hastert says she plans to depose the former U.S. House speaker after he is released from federal custody. Kristi Browne represents a former ...
Cumulus Media Mar 09, 2017

Prom dress guidelines lead to body shaming accusation
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois high school is being accused of body shaming after releasing guidelines on how girls should dress for the prom. Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford has issued a 2...
Cumulus Media Mar 09, 2017
New Head of Archdiocese School Operations
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Archdiocese of Chicago has tapped a former CPS administrator to serve as head of school operations. Timothy Cawley has been appointed as the Chief of Parish &am...
Cumulus Media Mar 08, 2017

Roskam explains opposition to town hall meetings.
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) West Suburban Republican Congressman Peter Roskam says despite criticism for avoiding constituents at town hall meetings, he will continue to refuse to hold such...
Cumulus Media Mar 08, 2017

Journalist suing CPD for refusing to release McDonald records
(CHICAGO) Journalist Jamie Kalven is suing the Chicago Police Department for refusing to release records about the alleged cover-up of Officer Jason Van Dyke's killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. ...
Cumulus Media Mar 08, 2017

Early end to Jesse Jackson Jr.’s supervised release from prison
(CHICAGO) A federal judge has agreed to end former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s supervised release from prison 18 months early, at his request. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is based in Wash...
Cumulus Media Mar 08, 2017

CPS: Possible mumps case reported at North Side school
(CHICAGO) Authorities are investigating a possible case of mumps at an Andersonville neighborhood elementary school on the North Side. Chicago Public Schools notified parents on Monday about a case of...
Cumulus Media Mar 08, 2017