Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Mom Accused of Forcing 5-Year-Old to Undergo Medical Procedures to Collect Disability Payments
A Georgia woman has been arrested after police say she forced her 5-year-old son to take 28 medications and undergo unnecessary medical procedures for two years — even though he really wasn̵...
Feb 25, 2019
The Average Price for Gas has Climbed 10 Cents Per Gallon
It looks like the respite from high gas prices might be coming to an end. The cost of gas in the U.S. has climbed 10 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, bringing the average price to $2.44. The ...
Feb 25, 2019
AP SOURCE: Bears release embattled kicker Cody Parkey
By ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears signed kicker Cody Parkey to a four-year contract in March hoping he would give them the consistency they have lacked ev...
Feb 23, 2019
Florida Tourism Reaches an All-Time High
Florida isn’t just number one in producing weird news stories; tourism officials say it leads the country in out-of-state visitors, too. More than 126 million tourists visited Florida in 2018, a...
Feb 22, 2019
Wood Plank Spears Uber Driver’s Windshield
Mahboob Lodhi was just finishing up his shift driving for Uber when when a plank penetrated his windshield from an elevated subway. “Boom. I’m just shocked,” said Lodhi. “IR...
Feb 22, 2019
Study Reveals Cheese Is Good for Your Health
The type of cheese that you choose to consume does not matter, as long as you consume two servings a day according to a study involving over 130,000 people. Your heart can benefit from whole dairy foo...
Feb 22, 2019
Run for the Hills! Giant ‘Nightmare Bee’ Not Extinct After All
Four times the size of an average honeybee, it’s not difficult to understand how the black Giant Bee earned the nickname “the nightmare bee.” The mammoth insect has been thought to b...
Feb 22, 2019
‘Empire’ producers cut Smollett from season’s last episodes
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Actor Jussie Smollett’s character on “Empire” will be removed from the final two episodes of this season in the wake of his arrest on c...
Feb 22, 2019
Chicago’s vast camera network helped Smollett investigation
By TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Police tapped into Chicago’s vast network of surveillance cameras - and even some homeowners’ doorbell cameras - to track down two brothers...
Feb 22, 2019
Gang database killed … or is it?
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/22085514/Bill-Gang-Database.mp3 By Bill Cameron , WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Cook County Board has voted to kill the controversial gang database. Sheriff To...
Feb 22, 2019
