Author Archives: Cumulus Media
Illinois State Rep. Scott Drury
The Illinois House gave its initial approval to a measure that would legalize betting on daily fantasy sports on Wednesday. Some lawmakers expressed concern about whether the bill has been properly ve...
Apr 22, 2016
NHL Suspends Blackhawks Andrew Shaw
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The National Hockey League has suspended Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw for one game for making a homophobic slur and directing an inappropriate gesture a...
Apr 21, 2016
Child Care In Illinois is 3rd most expensive in US
By CNN Staff (CHICAGO) Illinois is the third most expensive state for child care, according to a new report from Child Care Aware of America. The group looked at child care costs in all 50 states to c...
Apr 20, 2016
Big John Howell Show Notes 4-20-16
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came home to New York and both won big. Trump used his dominating victory as an opportunity to make his case that the only way he’ll be denied the Republican nom...
Apr 20, 2016
Illinois State Representative Ron Sandack
Illinois State Representative Ron Sandack from the 81st district checked in for his weekly update on the goings-on in Springfield. Sandack talked about the progress of the bill on Daily Fantasy Sports...
Apr 20, 2016
Ex-Congressman Mel Reynolds, facing tax charges, gets locked up
CHICAGO) Mel Reynolds, the ex-Congressman accused of tax crimes, was taken into federal custody Wednesday after he failed to find a place to stay in the Chicago area where he could under electronic mo...
Apr 20, 2016
Chicago Police sued in shooting death of black teen
.By John Dempsey (CHICAGO) The mother of a 16 year old black teenager shot dead by Chicago Police April 11th, is filing a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago and two unnamed police officers. T...
Apr 20, 2016
Big John Howell’s Adopt-A-Legislator Program
Last week Illinois State Comptroller Leslie Munger announced that because of the on-going budget battle in Springfield, she would stop sending paychecks to our state legislators. Since then, the entir...
Apr 20, 2016
Tuesday: Chicago White Sox 5, L.A. Angels 0
By Mike Cranston, AP (CHICAGO) Mat Latos didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning, Todd Frazier and Jose Abreu hit solo home runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on Tu...
Apr 20, 2016
Free After Decades Behind Bars
Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) After more than twenty years behind bars, prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Chicagoan Edward Bolden. In 1994 Bolden was sentenced to life in pr...
Apr 20, 2016
