Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Closing arguments in sex case of popular Spanish-language TV host
Elpidio “Juan” Contreras | Cook County Sheriff’s office (CHICAGO) He offered them singing lessons and hinted at the possibility of fame. Then, entrapping them with his sweet "one-lin...
Sep 23, 2015
Former Social Security employee gets 21 months for check fraud
(CHICAGO) A former Social Security Administration employee was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Monday for cashing her dead mother's Social Security checks for almost 30 years. Georgia Thompso...
Sep 23, 2015
Chicago Budget Reaction
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) So, what do the aldermen think of the mayor’s bad news budget? "To get another slap in the face with an addition $1,000-$1200 a year, that's not something tha...
Sep 22, 2015
Chicago gets new FBI chief
(CHICAGO) Chicago's new FBI chief is a 20-year veteran who most recently headed up the New Orleans office, where he oversaw investigations into former Mayor Ray Nagin and the Deepwater Horizon environ...
Sep 22, 2015
WEATHER – A good deal of sunshine. High 79F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ken Boone WLS Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 Gradually warming up the rest of the week. Looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern as well for the first few days of fall&#...
Sep 22, 2015
Harvey school supt. accuses board member of threatening ‘ass-kicking’
(HARVEY) A school superintendent in south suburban Harvey filed a lawsuit alleging that her efforts to put the district's spending under a microscope sparked retaliation by board members - including o...
Sep 22, 2015
Emanuel’s Bad News Budget
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) The property tax hike Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will propose to the City Council tomorrow is worse than first thought. Mayor Emanuel reportedly says the property t...
Sep 21, 2015
No bond for man charged with 1985 murder, sexual assault in Glen Ellyn
Michael Jones | DuPage County sheriff’s office UPDATES WITH COURT INFO, NEW DETAILS (WHEATON) A downstate man has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in west su...
Sep 21, 2015
A long shot rebate
Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) Tomorrow is the day Mayor Emanuel rolls out his bad news budget to the City Council. Today, several of the aldermen have an idea to soften the blow to the big property...
Sep 21, 2015
Report: DNA not a match in Kane rape case
By John Dempsey, WLS News (BUFFALO, NY) A new report says DNA evidence does not confirm that Blackhawks star Patrick Kane raped a woman last month. The Buffalo News Newspaper is quoting four sources f...
Sep 21, 2015
