Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Are Millennials Killing Harley-Davidson?
Millennials get a bad wrap – one of them lives in their mom’s basement and they all must. But can they really be blamed for the demise of, arguably, America’s greatest motorcycle bra...
Jan 26, 2019
White House Agrees to Open Government for Three Weeks
The US Senate is expected to approve a measure today to reopen the federal government after the White House agreed to sign it. The continuing resolution would reopen the federal government for three w...
Jan 26, 2019
Flight Leaves Passengers Vomiting
An Air New Zealand flight was so turbulent, reports say 20 percent of the passengers threw up. It happened Wednesday night. For most of the one hour flight from Christchurch to Invercargill, the plane...
Jan 25, 2019
Workers Taking Down Shelves in Supermarket Find Dead Body
Workers dismantling shelving at a closed-down Iowa grocery store on Thursday found something far worse than any rotting food that might have been left behind: a dead body. The gruesome discovery was m...
Jan 25, 2019
Chicago area could see 2 bouts of minus 30 wind chill values, snowfall this week
Chicago’s lakefront is frozen over Friday morning as temperatures drop below zero, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Chicago. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Timesa (CHICAGO) The Chicago area is bracing for...
Jan 25, 2019
Polar Vortex Bringing Deadly Cold Next Week
Although a blast of Arctic air this week has made for chilly temperatures in portions of the midwestern and northeastern U.S., meteorologists are warning the worst is yet to come. The polar vortex is ...
Jan 25, 2019
‘Dangerous cold’ to blast through Chicago
(CHICAGO)Severe winter weather will be hitting Chicago over the next week, bringing "dangerous cold" with below zero temperatures before the wind chill, according to the National Weather Service. An a...
Jan 24, 2019
Scientists Drill Deepest Hole Ever
A group of scientists, who apparently have never seen the Godzilla movies, just drilled the deepest hole ever made by man. Researchers in Antarctica spent 63 straight hours boring into the ice with a ...
Jan 24, 2019
Study: Fried Chicken Can Kill You
A new study has linked fried chicken to a higher risk of death, particularly among post-menopausal women. The study found women who ate one serving of fried chicken had a 13% higher risk of death than...
Jan 24, 2019
The Need for “Super Poo Donors”
Claudia Campenella is a 31-year-old who works as a student support administrator, but in her free time she donates her fecal matter. “Some of my friends think it is a bit weird or disgusting, bu...
Jan 24, 2019
