Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Lawmaker Wants To Fund Border Wall By Charging For Porn
An Arizona lawmaker has a plan to fund the border wall – by making Arizonians pay to watch online porn. The idea comes from Republican State Senator Gail Griffin, who has introduced a bill that ...
Jan 22, 2019
Proposed Bill in Florida Would Ban Abortions If Heartbeat Present
Rep. Mike Hill of Florida has presented a bill that would make abortions illegal in the state if there is a fetal heartbeat present. Hill said he is proposing the bill “because it will save live...
Jan 22, 2019
Supreme Court Allows Military Transgender Ban To Proceed
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed a White House-ordered military transgender ban to proceed while its legality is challenged in court. The ban was first announced in 2017 but had been blocked by f...
Jan 22, 2019
Fox News Host Bret Baier ‘Banged Up’ After Bad Car Crash
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family are ‘banged up, but alive’ after a ‘major’ car crash Monday morning in Montana. Baier was on a ski trip in Montana with his family when ...
Jan 22, 2019
Building Restrictions for R. Kelly’s Use of A West Side Building
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The near west side warehouse that was converted into a studio rented by singer R. Kelly can only be used between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only as a recording...
Jan 22, 2019
Internet Freaks Out Over Photos Of Frozen-Over Niagara Falls
The internet is freaking out over pictures of a frozen-over Niagara Falls. Severe cold in the Northeast has frozen over parts of the world-famous waterfall, leading to some beautiful photos being shar...
Jan 22, 2019
Call for political action after Laquan McDonald cases
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Activists and others who were disappointed by the outcome of two historic cases involving the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white Chic...
Jan 19, 2019
Cubs to launch their own sports network
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs are launching their own sports network. President of business operations Crane Kenney said the team hopes to have it running in time for spring training next yea...
Jan 19, 2019
Chicago area battles bitter windchills, slick roads as snow piles
(CHICAGO) . Heavy snow, high-speed gusts and frigid temperatures pummeled the Chicago area late Friday in the region's first winter storm of 2019 and brought hazardous road conditions over the three-d...
Jan 19, 2019
Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison
By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, b...
Jan 18, 2019
