Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Jay Cutler retires, will become FOX Football Analyst
John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News Former Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler is going to be trading his helmet for broadcast headphones. Cutler is announcing his retirement and will be joining FOX Sports as a fo...
May 05, 2017
Chicago Man Free After Arson and Murder Charges Vacated
Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) – Adam Gray was 14 years old when he was convicted of setting an apartment fire on Chicago’s Southwest Side that killed two elderly people. In 19...
May 05, 2017
Meat Recall from Pennsylvania Hits Illinois
This 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the O157:H7 strain of the E. coli bacteria. On Wednesday, May 26, 2016, U....
May 05, 2017
Feisty Healthcare Debate, House Passes Bill
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (WASHINGTON, DC) In Washington Thursday, the House passed what some call TrumpCare, a bill to replace ObamaCare. The debate was feisty, especially with some Illinois D...
May 04, 2017
Evans Testifies On United Fiasco
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans, testified to a Senate sub-committee Thursday about the United Airlines fiasco. U.S. Sen. T...
May 04, 2017
Hero mom from Naperville talks with John and Ray
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A woman from Naperville was in the right place at the right time on Monday, as a man stabbed four people at the University of Texas in Austin. Leona Di Amore of ...
May 04, 2017
UPDATE: CPD: ‘Miracle’ cops lived as assault rifle ‘riddled’ unmarked van
(CHICAGO) As Chicago Police search for the people who shot two officers late Tuesday, they're also trying to figure out why the officers were targeted, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The officers...
May 04, 2017
State Lawmakers Look To Help Veterans
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Legislation pending in the Illinois Senate aims to lower the number of veteran suicides. The bill strives to better match veterans with services that are available ...
May 03, 2017
Obama Unveils Museum Plan
Credit: Obama FoundationA view of the Obama Presidential Center looking north shows the Museum, Forum andLibrary. The Museum, the tallest structure on site, will serve as serve as a lantern for the Ob...
May 03, 2017
Bulls: Support for Hoiberg and hope to Rondo back
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) After making the playoffs but being finished off by the Celtics in four straight, in the first round, Bulls Executive Vice President John Paxson tells rep...
May 03, 2017
