Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Mother Claims She Drove Drunk To Teach Son “A Lesson”
Some parents when they find their kid smoking, try to teach the kid a lesson by making him light up the entire pack. As head-scratching as that might be, equally is a lesson a Kentucky woman tried to ...
Jan 14, 2019
Monday Morning Is No Longer Peak Time for Cardiac Arrest
Monday mornings used to be the peak time for people to have a heart attack. Not anymore. A new study shows that cardiac arrests are most commonly reported in the afternoon. The study also found that M...
Jan 14, 2019
Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Sending Pizza To Their US Counterparts
As air traffic controllers in the US continue to work without a paycheck thanks to the government’s partial shut down, their Canadian counterparts have stepped in to make sure those who keep the...
Jan 14, 2019
New anti-corruption idea from mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/14120850/Bill-McCarthy-1-14-2019.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor and in the wake of the attempted extortion charge against...
Jan 14, 2019
After Burke charged, Emanuel proposes reforms
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing far-reaching ethics reforms for the City Council in the wake of a federal attempted-extortion charge filed this month against a powerful alderman...
Jan 14, 2019
Family Forced To Sit On Floor Of Plane During Flight
Air travel can be awful enough just from the security lineups, crowded boarding, and cramped seats. But at least you have seats for the journey to your destination. Unfortunately, that wasn’t th...
Jan 14, 2019
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
