Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
UPDATE: Up to 4 inches of snow expected Saturday in Chicago; south suburbs could see 6
Graphic Credit: @NWSChicago/Twitter (CHICAGO) Snow is expected to move over the Chicago region all day Saturday, potentially dropping up to 4 inches in the city and half a foot in the south suburbs an...
Jan 12, 2019
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cancer-Free, ‘On Track’ To Return
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss another week of oral arguments, but is ‘on track’ to return from last month’s cancer surgery. A Court spokesperson said the 85-yea...
Jan 12, 2019
911 Records Reveal Shock Over Coma Pregnancy
A 5-minute 911 record highlights the panic and disbelief over the birth of a baby born to a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state for 26 years. 911 audio reveals a nurse at the woman’s care fa...
Jan 12, 2019
Lawyer: R. Kelly denies all sexual misconduct allegations
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for R. Kelly said Friday that the R&B star denies all allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, including thos...
Jan 12, 2019
$20M GoFundMe For Border Wall Being Refunded
The man who launched a GoFundMe campaign to help ‘Build the Wall’ is cancelling the campaign and refunding all donations. In an update published Friday, military veteran Brian Kolfage said...
Jan 12, 2019
Loud student basketball fan quieted by Northwestern official
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - The Northwestern University student leader who has earned the nickname “The Shrieker” for her screams during basketball games has been quieted. The high-pitche...
Jan 11, 2019
Rosenstein Plans To Remain Until Mueller Report Completed
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is leaving the Justice Department, but not until Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is completed. It was reported earlier this week that Rosenstein woul...
Jan 11, 2019
Homeless Man Involved In GoFundMe Scandal Arrested
Another twist in the saga of a $400,000 GoFundMe scam cooked up by a New Jersey couple and a homeless Philadelphia man. Johnny Bobbit Jr., the homeless man, was arrested Wednesday after failing to sho...
Jan 10, 2019
Illinois officials urge vaccination after child dies of flu
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file) AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Health officials are urging people to get the flu shot after a 3-year-old girl died of influenza in suburban Chicago. The Kane County Health Depa...
Jan 10, 2019
Fewer Babies Are Being Born in the United States
The number of babies being born in the United States has been declining to a point where we won’t be able to replace ourselves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the “tot...
Jan 10, 2019
