Author Archives: Cumulus Media

Arbitrator Sides With FOP on Tattoos
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) An arbitrator has ruled that a policy within the Chicago Police Department that has officers cover up their tattoos violates the police contract. Five months after a f...
Cumulus Media Mar 14, 2016

UPDATE: 120 Midway flights canceled, including all Southwest planes
(CHICAGO) More than 120 flights were canceled at Midway Airport due to rain and low visibility Sunday, including all Southwest Airlines flights until Monday morning. The city's Department of Aviation ...
Cumulus Media Mar 14, 2016

Metra to close 95th and 99th station ticket offices
(CHICAGO) Metra has announced that the Rock Island Beverly Branch Line's 95th and 99th Street station ticket offices will close Monday due to declining on-site ticket sales. The 95th and 99th Street t...
Cumulus Media Mar 14, 2016

UPDATE: 20 injured when Amtrak train headed to Chicago derails
(DODGE CITY, Kansas) Twenty people were injured early Monday when an Amtrak train en route to Chicago derailed in Kansas. Amtrak Southwest Chief Train 4, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago on BNSF ...
Cumulus Media Mar 14, 2016

Trump blames Sanders supporters for Chicago unrest
By Jeremy Diamond and Eugene Scot, CNN Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the protests that led him to cancel a scheduled rally the previous night in Chicago, calling them “a planned attack̶...
Cumulus Media Mar 13, 2016

WEATHER: Wet and windy end to the weekend
By Todd Borek, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) Expect a wet and windy end of the weekend. A series of waves will bring rain chances from tonight through Tuesday. Tonight | Cloudy skies with a ...
Cumulus Media Mar 13, 2016

Spring Training: Cubs beat Sox 9-2
(Mesa, AZ) A split-squad of the Chicago Cubs sailed to a 9-2 win over the White Sox Saturday afternoon. Dexter Fowler hit a homer and Jason Hammel pitched four scoreless innings for the Cubs. Avisail ...
Cumulus Media Mar 12, 2016

Overnight I-290 closures start Saturday in Elk Grove Village
(ELK GROVE VILLAGE) Overnight lane closures are planned on I-290 Saturday night as part of the ongoing Route 390 construction project. One lane on eastbound I-290 will close between Higgins and Route ...
Cumulus Media Mar 12, 2016

Beefed Up PatrolsĀ for St. Pat’s Day
By Nick Gale, WLS News, (CHICAGO) State and local police are beefing up traffic enforcement starting today. Police will be conducting roadside safety checks and beefing up patrols through St. P...
Cumulus Media Mar 12, 2016

Updated: Cancellation and Fights at Trump Rally
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) The UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, can hold some 10,000 people and several thousand were inside when an announcement came Friday evening that the event was bei...
Cumulus Media Mar 12, 2016







