Author Archives: Cumulus Media
Rahm Emanuel: $26M investment coming to aging park facilities
(CHICAGO) A $26 million investment is coming to 20 of the Chicago Park District's aging facilities around the city, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The money for the city's "Save Chicago's Treasur...
Apr 03, 2017
Road closures start Monday in northwest suburbs
(BENSENVILLE) Roads in the northwest suburbs will be closed beginning Monday to complete work on the Illinois Route 390 Tollway. At 7 a.m., northbound Thomas Drive at South Frontage Road in Bensenvill...
Apr 03, 2017
WEATHER – Cloudy with periods of showers becoming more widespread this afternoon. Thunder possible. High 48F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Todd Borek A WET START TO THE WORK WEEK WITH A BREAK COMING LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY. THE DRY CONDITIONS WON’T LAST LONG AS ANOTHER SYSTEM ARRIVES WEDNESDAY. Today...
Apr 03, 2017
Johnson calls live streamed sex assault ‘absolutely horrific’
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Sunday announced the first of several expected arrests in a sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl that was broadcast on Facebook Live. At a news conferen...
Apr 02, 2017
McConnell, Schumer square off ahead of Gorsuch votes
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, talks with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By Eli Watkins The Senate...
Apr 02, 2017
Blagojevich lawyers to try to reduce sentence — again
(CHICAGO) President Barack Obama took a pass on his request for a commutation. A federal judge declined to reduce his sentence. But former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not giving up his fight to get out of...
Apr 02, 2017
Opening Day is Upon Us
When the White Sox hit the field to start the 2017 season at Guaranteed Rate, the wait for baseball will be over. There will be more waiting, however, as rumors of franchise altering trades have persi...
Apr 01, 2017
Caterpillar to close Aurora plant, lay off 800 workers
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. has announced the closing of its facility near Aurora, Illinois, and the layoff of 800 workers. Earlier this year, the earth-moving equipment maker said it would l...
Apr 01, 2017
Flynn immunity offer hangs over Russia investigators
[van id=”politics/2017/03/31/white-house-briefing-spicer-trump-flynn-testify-sot.cnn”] White House press secretary Sean Spicer says that President Trump believes Michael Flynn should testi...
Apr 01, 2017
Trump Protests Today In Chicago
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, anti-Trump organizers will rally in Chicago and cities across...
Apr 01, 2017
