Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
Protests Breakout Over ICE Shooting
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Anti-ICE protests broke out for a second day in Minneapolis after an ICE officer shot and killed a driver Wednesday. Officials say the woman, identified as 37-year-old Renee Good,...
Nick Gale Jan 08, 2026
Update: Woman dies in ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis
Update: ICE agent fatally shot woman accused of trying to run over officers with car during immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Stay tuned to 890 WLS on this developing story Authoriti...
Kim Gordon Jan 07, 2026
US Forces Board Tanker
(North Atlantic) -- U.S. forces have boarded the Russian-flagged Marinera oil tanker in the North Atlantic Sea. Fox News reports the vessel, previously operating under the name Bella 1, has spent more...
Nick Gale Jan 07, 2026
An Indiana Congressman injured in a car accident
Indiana U.S. Rep. Jim Baird is expected to make a full recovery after his vehicle was struck in a car accident that hospitalized him, the Republican's office said Tuesday. "He is extraordinarily grate...
Kim Gordon Jan 06, 2026
Police Investigate First Murder of 2026
(CHICAGO) -- The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says the death of a man found shot inside of a South Shore apartment on Saturday was a homicide. Chicago police say a person discovered 51-year-o...
Nick Gale Jan 05, 2026
Vance Home Vandalized, Police Investigating
(CINCINNATI) -- A suspect is in custody following an incident at the Cincinnati home of Vice President JD Vance. Photos from the scene show broken windows. FOX19 reports that the U.S. Secret Service c...
Nick Gale Jan 05, 2026
A former NASCAR driver and members of his family killed in a plane crash
Former race driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash Thursday in North Carolina, state police said. The business jet erupted into a large fire whe...
Kim Gordon Dec 18, 2025
Pope Leo taps a fellow Chicagoan to lead the New York Archdiocese
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates rel...
Kim Gordon Dec 18, 2025
The Wisconsin woman who tried to kill her classmate over a fictional character won't fight to have privileges revoked
A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges. Waukesha...
Kim Gordon Dec 17, 2025
Alderman Release More Budget Details
(CHICAGO) -- With a vote of 22-13, the City Council Finance Committee pushed though an alternative revenue package that would increase taxes on plastic grocery bags and liquor sales and allow ads on c...
Nick Gale Dec 17, 2025






