Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Woman Transforms Cubicle into Life-Sized Gingerbread House
While it’s not uncommon for a neighborhood to have one resident who goes a little too far when decorating for the holiday season, a San Diego woman has taken the custom into her workplace. The w...
Dec 17, 2019
Illinois Man Sentenced to 6 Years after 26th Suspended License Violation
An judge in Illinois has made sure a man who’s been arrested 26 times for driving on a suspended license won’t be getting behind the wheel again anytime soon. In a sentence handed down Mon...
Dec 17, 2019
New Laws, Tactics Discourage Porch Pirates
The war against porch pirates is becoming more heated as police departments all over the country have begun using bait packages to catch thieves. The most recent arrest occurred Monday in Anaheim, Cal...
Dec 17, 2019
Obamacare deadline extended
If you think you missed the deadline to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, you’re in luck. The fed has extended the deadline, three days, to Dec. 18. Web glitches and call cent...
Dec 16, 2019
Public unswayed by impeachment hearings
The impeachment hearings may be all the buzz in Washington, on TV, in the newspaper, and on talk radio but according to Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion, “ItR...
Dec 16, 2019
Woman Calls Police Because Of KFC Worker
A woman hated the service at a KFC so bad, she called the police. The incident happened on Saturday night in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The woman ordered a chicken sandwich. Once she got her food, she compl...
Dec 16, 2019
Human Remains Discovered During Alamo Renovations
San Antonio workers making renovations to the Alamo made a surprising discovery last week – the long-dead remains of three people buried at the historical site. The bodies, which appear to have ...
Dec 16, 2019
The 1st Long-Term Study Of Vaping Is In, And It Isn’t Good
A new study on the long-term effects of vaping has linked e-cigarettes to chronic lung disease. The report is the first long-term study done on the health effects of vaping, launching in 2013. It foun...
Dec 16, 2019
Snowboarder Killed After Triggering Avalanche
A snowboarder in Utah was killed after he accidentally triggered an avalanche near Salt Lake City. Officials say the 45-year-old man was buried under three feet of snow in a ‘significant’ ...
Dec 16, 2019
6.9 Quake Hits Mindanao
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck parts of Mindanao in the Philippines yesterday afternoon. The state-run Philippine Information Agency reported that several shoppers and employees of the three-story ...
Dec 16, 2019
