Author Archives: Cumulus Media

Traffic and Transportation Projects for the Week of June 13
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 Traffic and Transportation (CHICAGO) Closures for pavement repairs begin on northbound Kingery Highway (Illinois 83) between Grove Avenue and Irving Park Road (Illinois 19),...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Rauner also accusing attorney general of ‘creating crisis’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget fight with House Speaker Michael Madigan is well known across Illinois. But the Republican now is seeking to extend the scuffle to Illinois At...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Illinois’ Ex-Rep Schock says any mistakes were ‘honest’ ones
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois says if there were any mistakes made during his time in office they were “honest” ones. A grand jury has been conducting a pro...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Ex-Illinois governor petitions for Chicago mayor term limits
(CHICAGO) Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has launched a petition drive to impose a Chicago mayor term limit and create an elected consumer advocate position. The Chicago Democrat announced efforts Sun...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Chicago police increase security after Florida shooting
(CHICAGO) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city won’t be intimidated after a shooting inside a Florida gay nightclub left at least 50 people dead. Emanuel says in a Sunday statement that he l...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Kids’ sleep guidelines spell out shut-eye guidance by age
(CHICAGO) The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is releasing for the first time guidelines for how much shut-eye kids should be getting. But the group is telling parents not to lose too much sleep th...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Lake County sheriff’s deputies save man from overdosing
(GRAYSLAKE) Lake County sheriff's deputies saved a man from a drug overdose Friday afternoon in north suburban unincorporated Grayslake. Deputies responding at 1:17 p.m. to a call of an overdose at a ...
Cumulus Media Jun 13, 2016

Romney tears into GOP for not criticizing Trump
By Theodore Schleifer (CNN) Mitt Romney on Saturday torched Donald Trump and the Republicans who failed to stop his climb to the party’s presidential nomination, saying the current fortunes of t...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2016

Get ready to fly to Cuba…from Chicago
By Kathryn Vasel (CNN) Six U.S. airlines are now cleared for takeoff to Cuba. The Department of Transportation approved American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2016

Trump crowdsources candidates for VP pick
By Jeremy Diamond (CNN) As Donald Trump continues to eschew traditional methods of campaigning, he likely added on Saturday another first in the annals of modern presidential politics: polling a campa...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2016







