Larry Potash

BACKSTORY 11pm Sunday WGN TV the psychology of tattoos—-is your tattoo accomplishing what you think it it? Also…Sherlock Holmes and the woman who revolutionized forensics.

Police say multiple people died in a shooting at a southern Idaho In-N-Out fast food restaurant, and others were injured. The shooter is also dead.

More details: https://wgntv.com/news/multiple-people-injured-in-southern-idaho-shooting/

Here are the MOST PLAYED videos from MTV’s first day on air, August 1, 1981. Enjoy the memories!

BREAKING NEWS: A report detailing alleged misconduct by disgraced former Democratic State Rep. Harry Benton has been released.

Details: https://wgntv.com/news/report-former-state-rep-benton-violated-state-law-by-committing-acts-of-sexual-harassment/

We have a running theme on WGN Morning News at the end of our 9am show.... some shows get out on time very cleanly. Not us...

Wednesday 9@9: ‘So I says to the guy …’ Where were we going with these wacky stories, and how did they end? Use your imagination! With Larry Potash, Robin Baumgarten, Pat Tomasulo and Paul Konrad.

WATCH: https://wgntv.com/morning-news/wgn-morning-news-9-at-9/99-so-i-says-to-the-guy-where-in-the-world-were-we-going-with-these-wacky-stories/

US government map of Africa mislabels every country.
A map meant to support a US presentation on global health instead turned into a geography lesson gone wrong, writes Newser. During this week's AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, a State Department slide showed a map of Africa in which every country was mislabeled—Nigeria appeared landlocked in the Sahara, Mozambique was shifted to the Horn of Africa, and Ivory Coast was placed on the continent's opposite side, among other errors, Reuters reports.

: outbound Eisenhower CLOSED from IL-83 to I-355 due to an electric vehicle fire.

Brhett Vickery has the latest on the air this morning

Charitybuzz: VIP Studio Tour for 4 at WGN Morning News in Chicago Bid to win a private tour of the WGN Studios in Chicago during the award-winning WGN Morning News with Larry Potash, Robin Baumgarten, Paul Konrad,...

More lithium-ion-powered products have been recalled after they allegedly caused a person's death, more than 300 reports of burn injuries and over a dozen fires.

Details: https://wgntv.com/news/recalls/hand-warmers-recalled-after-1-death-350-burn-injuries-and-more-than-a-dozen-fires/