Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk
This is why you should always double check what you’ve packed before a big trip. Especially when you can’t just turn the car around. Or in this case, the space shuttle. NASA needed to canc...
Mar 26, 2019
Cop Accused of Serving Homeless Man a Poop Sandwich Gets His Job Back
A San Antonio cop who was fired for giving a poop sandwich to a homeless man is getting his job back. Officer Matthew Luckhurst on Monday won an appeal by calling upon a rule that requires officers to...
Mar 26, 2019
Florida Man Electrocuted While Trying to Help a Pigeon
A Florida man was fatally electrocuted over the weekend when he tried to get a pigeon off a power line. West Palm Beach resident Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was found dead Saturday between a pigeon coup ...
Mar 26, 2019
World’s Fastest-Shrinking Glacier is Growing Again
In a surprising development, one of the world’s fastest shrinking glaciers has started to grow again. In 2012, scientists discovered Greenland’s Jakobshayn glacier was receding at a rate o...
Mar 26, 2019
Colorado Reports Increase in Pot-Related ER Visits
It was bound to happen — as more and more states move closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, a report has been released that connects legalization with an uptick in pot-related emergency r...
Mar 26, 2019
Former NFL Ref Speaks
With rare exception, league rules prevent NFL referees from talking to the media – that’s no longer the case for newly retired official Walt Coleman. The 67-year-old ended his 30-year care...
Mar 25, 2019
Former MLB Writer, Noble, dead at 70
“Damn it!” That’s how former MLB.com writer Marty Noble began a recently published article – one about Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. It was a fitting first line for many of his pee...
Mar 25, 2019
Kraft Spotted with Goodell at League Meeting
While others were seen ‘making the rounds’ at the annual NFL league meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft appeared to be laying low. Kraft declined to visit ...
Mar 25, 2019
Rep. Omar at CAIR Event: “Raise Hell”
Minnesota congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar recently told those at a Council on Islamic-American Relations event in California to “raise hell” against discrimination. “Because here’...
Mar 25, 2019
Teacher In Remote Kenyan Village Wins $1M Global Teacher Prize
A teacher from a remote Kenyan village has been named the world’s best, an honor that comes with a $1 million prize. Peter Tabichi was awarded the Global Teacher Prize over the weekend in Dubai....
Mar 25, 2019
