Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
He Survived Two Nights in a Blizzard Only to Learn He Has Stage 4 Cancer
A man who survived two nights in the near impossible conditions of a blizzard has learned that he has stage 4 kidney cancer while recovering from frostbite. William Mendoza was driving in North Dakota...
Feb 19, 2019
Mendoza and Daley clash at Mayoral forum
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/19082730/Bill-Daley-Mendoza-Clash.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Bill Daley and Susana Mendoza tangled Monday night duri...
Feb 19, 2019
Sailor From Iconic V-J Day Kiss Photo Dies At 95
A sailor whose celebratory kiss at the end of World War II was captured in one of the most iconic photos in U.S. history has died at the age of 95. A LIFE magazine photographer snapped the famous phot...
Feb 18, 2019
Aurora Shooting Victim’s Final Text
Josh Pinkard was one of five people killed Friday by a gunman in Aurora, Illinois. Amid the chaos, he was able to send a text to his wife, Terra. “I love you, I’ve been shot at work,”...
Feb 18, 2019
Alaska Ready to Send Troops to US-Mexico Border
While the Governors of California and New Mexico have pulled National Guard troops from the US-Mexico border amid criticism of the White House – another state, farther north, says its troops sta...
Feb 18, 2019
Tom Ricketts apologizes for distraction of father’s emails
By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Baseball Writer MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts apologized to the team’s players and coaching staff at spring training on Monday for any distraction c...
Feb 18, 2019
Man Receives $980k Tax Refund – After Making $18k in Earnings
A Florida man received a $980,000 tax refund — after reporting only $18,497 in earnings. But he didn’t get to keep it. Ramon Christopher Blanchett is facing criminal charges for falsifying...
Feb 18, 2019
11-Year-Old Arrested for Refusing to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
An 11-year-old Florida boy has been arrested for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The February 4 incident, which was revealed over the weekend, occurred at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in ...
Feb 18, 2019
Chicago police seek follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett
[van id=”entertainment/2019/02/16/jussie-smollett-attack-update-young-unfiltered-vpx.cnn”] By SARA BURNETT and GREG MCCUNE, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police said Sunday they&...
Feb 18, 2019
2 men suspected of stealing 24 vehicles left running on West Side this winter
(CHICAGO) Two dozen drivers who left their vehicles on returned to find them stolen this winter in neighborhoods throughout the West Side. The thefts were reported from mid-December to February and us...
Feb 17, 2019
