Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Amazon to Close All U.S. Pop-up Shops
Amazon has announced that it will close all pop-up shops in the United States. The shops are primarily found in shopping malls and Whole Foods. The pop-ups allow consumers to test out the latest produ...
Mar 07, 2019
Loss Prevention Manager Found Guilty of Stealing $230K
In the ultimate irony, someone responsible for preventing theft was a thief herself. Emily Tallman was the loss prevention manager for a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon. Tallman was found guilty ...
Mar 07, 2019
Cousins Ask Utah to Recognize Marriage
Angie and Michael Lee had to leave their state in order to get married. The Utah couple, who made a special trip to Colorado, are first cousins. Angie told Salt Lake City television station KTVX, R...
Mar 07, 2019
Man to Cop: ‘You’re Threatening to Shoot Me Because I’m Picking up Trash’
A Colorado police officer is in hot water after a video surfaced showing him drawing a gun on a black man who’s picking up trash in his own yard. In the video, which has gone viral, a Boulder po...
Mar 07, 2019
Dems Take Step Toward Doubling Federal Minimum Wage
Workers making federal minimum wage could see their salaries double in the next five years. That is if House Democrats get their way. The House Committee on Education and Labor on Wednesday advanced a...
Mar 07, 2019
Florida Hopes to Make All Forms of Distracted Driving Illegal
While the spotlight has been focused on cell phone usage in recent years, drivers can be distracted by a number of activities, including fiddling with the radio, applying makeup, reading or even eatin...
Mar 07, 2019
Off-Duty Prison Guard Saves Woman After Violent Knife Attack
An off-duty corrections officer is being credited with saving the life of a woman who was stabbed multiple times in a Fresno grocery store. Fred Moss, who works at the Chowchilla Women’s Prison,...
Mar 07, 2019
Archeologists Find Secret Tunnels Under Alcatraz
It turns out the famed Alcatraz prison might not have been so escape-proof after all. Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanning equipment, archaeologists have discovered a series of tunnels an...
Mar 07, 2019
Hawaii Opens Medical Marijuana Registry to Visitors
Hawaii has opened its medical marijuana registry to qualified out-of-state residents. An individual must currently reside in an area of the US where medical marijuana is legal and requires them to sub...
Mar 06, 2019
Home Ownership Remains Elusive for Entry-Level Buyers
The latest weekly mortgage application statistics suggest that home-ownership for entry-level buyers remains elusive. Total applications fell 2.5% from a week ago – 2% lower than this week last ...
Mar 06, 2019
