Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
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. ...
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...
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...
Mar 08, 2017
Rauner urges Illinois Senate to keep working on budget deal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s urged Republican state senators to keep negotiating for a budget compromise that’s “a good deal for taxpayers.” Th...
Mar 07, 2017
Supervised Release Ends For Jesse Jackson Jr.
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago) was given a 30 month prison sentence followed by 36 months of supervised release for spending $750,000 in campaign ca...
Mar 07, 2017
All Clear After Bomb Threat On North Side
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) A private Jewish school on Chicago’s North Side was evacuated this morning after a bomb threat. Officials say a bomb threat was called into the Chicago Jewish...
Mar 07, 2017
Questions swirl about LaQuan Cops fundraiser
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Chicago Tribune is reporting that some Chicago Police Officers were planning on holding a fundraiser later this month, to support four officers accused of ly...
Mar 07, 2017
Latest: Rapper gives $1M to Chicago schools, blasts governor
CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools and has donated $1 million to a foundation...
Mar 07, 2017
Student loan troubles growing among Illinois consumer woes
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says student borrowers dealing with mounting loan debt are making up a greater number of consumer complaints to her office. Madigan released her a...
Mar 06, 2017
Emanuel on New Immigration Ban
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting to President Donald Trump’s revised immigrant screening order. Mayor Emanuel is out of town, but none the less, out w...
Mar 06, 2017
