WGN Morning News

10/07/2026

Police say three people, including a teen boy, are recovering in the hospital on Wednesday morning following a drive-by shooting at a Far South Side gas station.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/3-injured-in-drive-by-shooting-at-far-south-side-gas-station/

10/07/2026

With a win today or tomorrow, the would achieve something not even the 2005 World Series champions did. Erik Runge reports from Rate Field, with first pitch for Game 3 of the ALDS set for 3 p.m.

READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/sports/white-sox/white-sox-return-home-riding-a-wave-of-momentum-just-one-win-away-from-first-trip-to-alcs-since-2005/

10/07/2026

Death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection last week, and her attorneys are set to head to court Wednesday to seek more information about what went wrong.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-christa-pike-is-awake-after-failed-execution-as-her-attorneys-seek-more-information/

10/07/2026

Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-tropical-storm-isaias-forms-forecast-to-become-a-hurricane-and-hit-the-us-gulf-coast-this-week/

10/07/2026

10/07/2026

Cornell students packed a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged.

More details: https://tinyurl.com/3brcf6vk

10/07/2026

If you had to guess America’s favorite convenience store, the first brand that comes to mind may be Buc-ee’s, especially based on its fandom and regardless of whether you’ve been to one yourself.

You would be wrong, according to a new report.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/news/this-is-the-uss-favorite-convenience-store/

10/07/2026

A California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children ranging in age from a few months to 13 years.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/news/california-couple-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges-in-surrogacy-investigation/

10/07/2026

"The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

More: https://tinyurl.com/mr2a43mr

10/07/2026

Cancer researchers say they have discovered new details about a cancer gene considered ‘undruggable.’

Medical Watch: https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/cracking-code-of-undruggable-cancer-gene-and-more-health-headlines/