Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Same-Sex Penguin Couple Has Adopted An Egg
The penguin exhibit at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia has a new power couple – two male penguins named Sphen and Magic. The keepers say Sphen and Magic, who are both male, are constant...
Oct 16, 2018
Man Exonerated Of Murder Charges After Spending 20 Years Behind Bars
A California man finally has his freedom after spending 20 years behind bars for a wrongful murder conviction. Horace Roberts was sentenced to prison in 1998 in the death of his ex-lover, Terry Cheek....
Oct 16, 2018
NYC Went The Entire Weekend Without A Shooting
For the first time in 25 years, New York City went an entire weekend without a single shooting. NYPD says the streak lasted from Thursday into Monday, the first time that had happened since 1993. Mayo...
Oct 16, 2018
Trump Has Raised Over $100M For Re-Election Campaign
President Trump is amassing quite a war chest for his 2020 re-election campaign, with more than $100 million raised already. Trump’s campaign fund raised over $18 million in the third quarter of...
Oct 16, 2018
Man Dies After Shirt Gets Caught in Escalator
An awful story comes to us from New York, where a man has died after being strangled when his shirt was caught in a subway station escalator. 48-year-old Carlos Alvarez died in the early hours of Sund...
Oct 16, 2018
Student May Have Handed Out Cookies Made With Grandparents’ Ashes
Police in Davis, California are investigating the bizarre story of a teen or teens that may have mixed human remains with the ingredients of cookies that were handed out to students. While we’ve...
Oct 16, 2018
226-Foot Skull-Shaped Asteroid Will Pass Earth Just After Halloween
An asteroid that measures 226-feet, and that is shaped like a skull, is going to pass the earth on November 7th according to NASA. “2015 TB145” is due to arrive on November 7th. It’s...
Oct 16, 2018
Chance the Rapper goes undercover as Lyft driver to raise money for CPS
Chance the Rapper partnered with Lyft to raise money for Chicago Public Schools, and went undercover as a ride-share driver to surprise unsuspecting residents around the city. Hidden cameras show Chan...
Oct 16, 2018
Thousands raised for daughters of Chicago officer convicted of killing Laquan McDonald
Over 500 people have contributed more than $45,000 to a GoFundMe page for the daughters of convicted Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. One of Van Dyke's lawyers, Tammy Wendt, began setting up the...
Oct 16, 2018
Chico supports Burke ploy to kill the Chicago-Gary Airport agreement
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says Ald Ed Burke, who used to do legal work for Donald Trump, is now trying to look friendly to undocumented immigrants with a ploy t...
Oct 16, 2018
