Author Archives: Cumulus Media

CPD officer saved during stroke by 7-year-old son’s 911 call
(CHICAGO) A Chicago Police officer in the middle of her morning routine last month suffered a stroke, but her 7-year-old son realized something was wrong and called for help, saving his mother's life....
Cumulus Media Feb 20, 2017

ICE arrests man who escaped Illinois prison in 2003
CHICAGO (AP) - A man who escaped from an Illinois prison in 2003 has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Atlanta. An ICE spokesman says Jorge Soberanis-Rumaldo was take...
Cumulus Media Feb 19, 2017

Warm Sunday weather sets record high for third day in a row
(CHICAGO) Chicago's streak of unseasonable warm weather broke record-high temperatures for the third consecutive day on Sunday. By 1 p.m., it was 66 degrees at O'Hare International Airport, according ...
Cumulus Media Feb 19, 2017

Illinois Ag Department to discuss plan to fight gypsy moths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture is holding a series of meetings to discuss plans to fight the leaf-eating gypsy moth in northern Illinois. The moths are particularly de...
Cumulus Media Feb 19, 2017

Jane Lynch receives honorary degree from Illinois State
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Lynch has received an honorary doctoral degree from her alma mater Illinois State University. Lynch is a native of the Chicago suburb of ...
Cumulus Media Feb 19, 2017

Trump takes aim at media during Florida campaign rally
By Dan Merica After a month of arduous and, at times, turbulent governing, President Donald Trump returned Saturday to what he really loves: Campaigning — and bashing the media. Trump didn’...
Cumulus Media Feb 19, 2017

Big John & Ray 60: “A Fine-Tuned Machine”
Donald Trump’s press conference circus returns. Senator Dick Durbin talks about President Trump’s immigration policy. Plus, another John & Ray Warm and Fuzzy.
Cumulus Media Feb 17, 2017

Podiums gone wild
[van id=”politics/2017/02/17/snl-mccarthy-spicer-podiums-gone-wild-moos-erin-pkg.cnn”] How did they motorize Melissa McCarthy’s “SNL” podium? CNN’s Jeanne Moos repo...
Cumulus Media Feb 17, 2017

Did the AP blow it with the National Guard roundup story?
By T. Becket Adams, Washington Examiner The Associated Press dropped the ball Friday with a supposed scoop alleging President Trump is considering deploying approximately 100,000 National Guard units ...
Cumulus Media Feb 17, 2017

Police Board Fires Cop
By Nick Gale (CHICAGO) An off-duty Chicago police officer who fired 16 shots at the wrong car after witnessing a drive-by shooting . The Chicago Police Board voted unanimously to dismiss Officer Franc...
Cumulus Media Feb 17, 2017







