Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Illinois Senate Democrats decry lack of help on budget cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate Democrats are critiquing the budget-cutting prowess of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s cabinet. Committee chairmen decried Thursday the performance of agency heads w...
Mar 10, 2017
Chicago receives $5M to provide vaccines to low-income kids
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is receiving more than $5 million in federal funding to provide vaccines to children from low-income families. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced T...
Mar 10, 2017
Chicago police chief advocates for stricter gun sentencing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Chicago’s top law enforcement officer says an Illinois Senate proposal to increase prison sentences for repeat gun offenders would help stanch the city’s rampant g...
Mar 10, 2017
The Latest: Health fund mistakenly designated for salary
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration had arranged to pay a new deputy governor out of an employee health care account that is more than $4 billion behind on its b...
Mar 10, 2017
Dozens Arrested for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin
Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Dozens of gang members on Chicago’s West Side are now facing charges of selling fentanyl-laced heroin. The Eisenhower Expressway has become known, by s...
Mar 10, 2017
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Mar 09, 2017
