Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Navy Submarine Missing for 75 Years Found
A Navy sub that disappeared 75 years ago was recently discovered off the coast of Japan. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, the USS Grayback was sunk in 1944 during its 10th combat p...
Nov 11, 2019
Cocaine Use Soaring With Older People
Across the pond, officials are seeing a huge spike of older people taking cocaine, including those in their 90s. The National Health Service says that many of them are now showing up at hospitals suff...
Nov 11, 2019
We Dream About Vacation A Lot
When we are at work, we spend plenty of time wishing we were on vacation. A new survey says that we think about a vacation for 24 full workdays a year. That’s about 200 hours. 82 percent of thos...
Nov 11, 2019
Supreme Court To Take Up DACA Case This Week
The fate of up to 800,000 children of immigrants could be affected this week when the Supreme Court considers the fate of the federal DACA program. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, all...
Nov 11, 2019
The Tulsi Gabbard/Hillary Clinton Feud Heats Up
The brewing feud between Hillary Clinton and 2020 hopeful Tulsi Gabbard is heating up, with attorneys for Gabbard demanding that Clinton retract her comments that the Hawaii Congresswoman is a “...
Nov 11, 2019
Uber CEO Backtracks Saudi Comments
The CEO of Uber is catching heat for his controversial statements about the Saudi government and the 2018 murder of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi. In an Axios interview, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calle...
Nov 11, 2019
More than 400 Oklahoma Prisoners Released at Once
The streets of Oklahoma became a little more crowded Monday as the state’s prison system released more than 400 inmates. The massive release — which is being touted as the largest day of c...
Nov 05, 2019
FedEx Worker With 12 Mile Walk Home Gets Help
Darlene Quinn’s car broke down three months ago and forced her to walk home from work each day, a distance of 12 miles. At this point, your faith in humanity can be restored, because thanks to s...
Nov 05, 2019
Florida Man Steals Golf Cart, Leads Deputies on Low-Speed Chase
A Florida man is behind bars after he stole a golf cart and led police on a low-speed chase that ended when he drove into a ditch. Sanford resident Andrew Burnett, 42, has been charged with robbery, f...
Nov 05, 2019
CDC: 1 Dead, Several Ill after Eating Salmonella-Tainted Ground Beef
Tainted ground beef is being blamed for a salmonella outbreak that’s left at least one person dead and countless others ill. Investigators trying to determine the cause of the outbreak tested le...
Nov 05, 2019
