Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Kinzinger: If true, Trump leaking is “highly irregular and highly problematic”
By JohnDempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) South Suburban Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger is criticizing President Donald Trump, after numerous media reports that Trump gave classified information to...
Cumulus Media May 16, 2017

Tronc in talks with Wrapports to acquire Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO (AP) - A for sale sign has been put on the Chicago Sun-Times, and the company that operates rival Chicago Tribune has announced it is interested in owning the newspaper. Chicago-based Wrapport...
Cumulus Media May 16, 2017

Obama Foundation reports $13M in donations in 2016
CHICAGO (AP) - Tax documents show the foundation that’ll construct and oversee the Obama Presidential Center received around $13 million in contributions last year. The Chicago Sun-Times reports...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

UIC releases lengthy report on racial inequality in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - A University of Illinois at Chicago report examines “pervasive” racial inequalities in the city when it comes to housing, economics, criminal justice and health care. The 18...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

Soto Placed On 60-Day DL
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (ANAHEIM, CA) — Prior to tonight's game at the Los Angeles Angels, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Gregory Infante from Class AAA C...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

GOP: Pritzker Typical Chicago Politician
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — In the race for governor there’s a new flap over the legal property tax breaks that Democrat J.B. Pritzker got on one of his Gold Coast mansion...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

Gun Ownership On Rise In Chicago, Suburbs
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) In Chicago, applications for FOID cards are on the rise, even though there has been a slowdown of gun demand at the national level. Illinois State Police say th...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

Cockpit Door Codes Being Reworked at United
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Chicago-based United Airlines is making a change and it has nothing to do with the stories that have made the headlines recently. The keypad codes used to...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

UPDATE: SWAT team kills inmate who took hostage at Illinois hospital
By Ralph Ellis and Chuck Johnston A SWAT team killed a jail inmate who’d taken a woman hostage Saturday inside a suburban Chicago hospital, authorities said. The inmate, Tywon Salters, 22, of Ch...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017

Illinois authorities, health centers tackle opioid epidemic
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are scrambling to address the opioid epidemic. DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner tells The Pantagraph ...
Cumulus Media May 15, 2017






