Author Archives: Cumulus Media

The Fun Stuff… Big John Howell’s Pick: Judy Roberts Plays the Jazz Showcase Date: Thursday, May 12 through Sunday, May 15 Time: 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 4:00 p.m...

Illinois State Police troopers canvass the Dan Ryan express lanes for shell casings after a call of shots fired late Thursday on I-94. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) The shooting was reported a...

Tong Liu | Batavia police (BATAVIA) Women at two massage parlors in west suburban Batavia were charged with prostitution Thursday, according to a statement from the Batavia Police Department. Undercov...

(CHICAGO) A South Side man whose transformational story was featured in the CNN documentary "Chicagoland" was killed early Thursday. Family learned about Lee McCollum III's death about 1 a.m. Thursday...

(CHICAGO) Dennis Hastert does not plan to appeal the 15-month prison sentence handed down in a dramatic court hearing late last month, his lead attorney told the Chicago Sun-Times. Thomas Green confir...

By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) A tentative trial date has been set in a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). A judge in Downstate Union County has decided to let the workplace re...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed former Chicago Uban League president & unsuccessful Senate candidate Andrea Zopp to be a second deputy mayor for neighbo...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The good government group trying to keep the George Lucas museum from being located on Chicago’s lakefront, is responding to Mayor Emanuel’s late...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Thursday, May 12, 2016 Rain into Thursday morning. A cold front should produce another round of rain later Friday. Dry & cooler behind the front i...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (SCHAUMBURG) A Schaumburg woman who killed her disabled daughter and then tried to commit suicide will have to wait to learn her sentence. Bonnie Liltz was initiall...