Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Shoplifters Use Hollowed-Out Watermelon As Masks, Cops Make Arrest
Shoplifters in Virginia thought they had a pretty good disguise worked out, wearing hollowed-out watermelons as masks. Unfortunately, those plans weren’t exactly the best laid, and cops made the...
May 18, 2020
When can fans race to the speedways?
NASCAR drivers will be racing around the track again beginning this weekend at Darlington, but how fast can fans get back in the seats? NBC Sports reports the league is hopeful that will happen someti...
May 16, 2020
Wall St. finishes the week down
Stocks end slightly up Friday but down for the week. The Dow lost 2.65% this week, ending at 23,685. The S&P is down 2.26% over the five days of trading, finishing at 2,864. The NASDAQ finished th...
May 16, 2020
NFL proposal incentivizes minority hires
NFL teams could improve their cache of draft picks by hiring minority head coaching and GM candidates under a new proposal. Sources tell ESPN that teams could move their third-round picks up 10 spots ...
May 16, 2020
Mom Leaves Kids in Locked Car while getting an Illegal Manicure
One Maryland woman likely won’t be nominated for Mother of the Year after she reportedly left her children inside a locked car while she received an illegal manicure. Baltimore resident Keontae ...
May 16, 2020
Barack Obama to Deliver All-Encompassing HS Commencement Address
One positive aspect of this year’s virtual graduation ceremonies is many schools and universities have been able to land bigger names for their commencement addresses because the stars don’...
May 16, 2020
Coroner Releases Kobe Bryant Autopsy Results
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi and seven other people died of blunt force trauma when the helicopter they were in slammed into a hillside in January. That’s according to the results o...
May 16, 2020
5 Kids Found Boxed up in Back of Pickup
Three Sacramento residents are behind bars after police found that a box in the back of their pickup contained five children. The discovery was made in Needles, California earlier this week after a mo...
May 16, 2020
Struggling JC Penney Files for Bankruptcy
Blaming the coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact, struggling department store J.C. Penney on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In making the announcement, executives with the ...
May 16, 2020
Austin, Tulsa Selected as Finalists for New Tesla Plant
Some much-need economic relief in on the way for residents of either Austin, Texas or Tulsa, Oklahoma. The two cities have been selected as finalists for the location of Tesla’s new automotive p...
May 16, 2020
