Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Engagement Ring Lost on New Year’s Eve Found in Times Square Sewer
After ringing in the New Year the wrong way, a couple who attended this year’s Times Square celebration has been reunited with their lost engagement ring. After an alert New York police officer ...
Jan 07, 2019
Sitter Disguised Dead Infant to Make him Look Like he was Asleep
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with first-degree murder after police say she killed a baby she was watching and then hid the death by making it look as if the infant was asleep. In her initial cou...
Jan 07, 2019
Half of People Who Think They Have a Food Allergy-Don’t
Do you think you have a food allergy or do you KNOW you have a food allergy? In a recent study of 40,000 adults, only half of the adults had actually been diagnosed by a doctor. The other half were se...
Jan 07, 2019
House Democrats Move To Eliminate Electoral College
House Democrats are moving quickly on some major changes in the opening days of the 116th Congress. On Thursday, Rep. Steve Cohen introduced a bill that would eliminate the Electoral College. Cohen ca...
Jan 07, 2019
Double Doink: Bears fall to Eagles
By BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Foles hit Golden Tate with a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 56 seconds remaining against the NFL’s stingiest defense...
Jan 06, 2019
Shooting of man who pointed air rifle at Vernon Hills cop ruled justified
(Vernon, Hills, IL) Authorities have ruled that a Vernon Hills police officer who fatally shot a man armed with an air rifle last year in the north suburb was justified. The Lake County state's attorn...
Jan 05, 2019
Airstrike Kills Mastermind Behind USS Cole Bombing
Military officials say a U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed an Al Qaeda member involved in the 2000 bombing The military is still assessing the results of the New Year’s Day airstrike, but say Jamal...
Jan 04, 2019
Manson Family Member Recommended For Parole After 50 Years
A member of the infamous Manson Family has been recommended for parole and could soon go free after 50 years behind bars. 71-year-old Robert Beausoleil was convicted in the 1969 murder and torture of ...
Jan 04, 2019
A New, Large SUV And Collecting Small Cars
2018 Ford Expedition – Photo courtesy of Ford and DriveChicago By Jennifer Keiper, “DriveChicago” Host (CHICAGO) The New Ford Expedition. It’s the vehicle that DriveChicago GM ...
Jan 04, 2019
Police make arrest in Red Line attack
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Chicago Police say they have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection to an attack at the Chicago Red Line stop over the weekend. He has been charged wi...
Jan 04, 2019
