Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Security Guard with Knife Wounds 39 at Elementary School in China
A security guard at a nursery school in Guangxi, China is under arrest after allegedly stabbing 37 students and two school employees early Thursday morning. No motive behind the attack is known at thi...
Cumulus Media Jun 04, 2020
How to Watch George Floyd Memorial Service on TV and Online
The first of several George Floyd memorial services will take place Thursday at 2pm EST with the Reverend Al Sharpton delivering a national eulogy from North Central University’s Frank J. Lingui...
Cumulus Media Jun 04, 2020
Australia In Its First Recession in 29 Years
The COVID-19 pandemic has ended Australia’s 29-year economic run, with the country’s GDP expected to plummet by 9% in the second quarter. China had fueled much of Australia’s success...
Cumulus Media Jun 03, 2020
Poll gives Biden 4-Point Lead Over Trump
While former Vice President Joe Biden has lost support from some voters, he maintains a lead over President Donald Trump in the race for the country’s top job, a new poll indicates. According to...
Cumulus Media Jun 03, 2020
Man Blows Himself up while trying to Break Into Philadelphia ATM
A Philadelphia man has accidentally killed himself in a botched ATM robbery, police say. The unidentified 24-year-old, who police believe was part of a ring that targeted 30 ATMs early Tuesday morning...
Cumulus Media Jun 03, 2020
George W Bush: ‘Listen to the Voices of so Many who are Hurting’
Lasting peace requires “truly equal justice.” That’s according to former President George W. Bush, who issued his first public statement Tuesday on the widespread protests and violen...
Cumulus Media Jun 03, 2020
NBC News Reporter Hit By Flash-Bang Grenade On-Air
NBC News reporter Jo Ling Kent was hit by a flash-bang grenade while covering protests in Seattle on Monday night. Kent was delivering an on-air report when the grenade went off, striking her left arm...
Cumulus Media Jun 02, 2020
Joe Biden Addresses Civil Unrest In Philly Speech
Joe Biden addressed the protests and civil unrest sweeping the country in a speech delivered Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia. Biden called Floyd’s death a “wake-up call for our nation...
Cumulus Media Jun 02, 2020
‘Tiger King’ Star Carole Basking Granted Control of Joe Exotic’s OK Zoo Properties
Joe Exotic is gonna flip out! TMZ reports that the person Exotic allegedly hates the most, Carole Baskin, now has control of his Oklahoma zoo properties to settle a $1 million judgement against him. B...
Cumulus Media Jun 02, 2020
Wife of Derek Chauvin Says in Divorce Filing She Wants to Change Her Name
Kelly Mae Chauvin is not seeking spousal support in her divorce from the man who was arrested and charged with third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin. The 45-year-old filed fo...
Cumulus Media Jun 02, 2020