Author Archives: Cumulus Media
UPDATE: Extra-alarm fire destroys Pilsen restaurant
Fire crews work to extinguish a two-alarm fire early Wednesday at a restaurant in the 1500 block of West 18th Street. | Fire Media Affairs (CHICAGO) Firefighters spent more than three hours battling a...
Dec 02, 2015
Mary Ann Ahern on Rahm Emanuel’s Disappearing Act
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has virtually disappeared from the public stage since the video of the Laquan McDonald shooting was released last week. On Tuesday, he is expected a new community police tas...
Dec 01, 2015
Congressman Peter Roskam
President Obama is taking some heat for attending a summit on global warming in Paris just weeks after the terror attack there. Meanwhile, the conflict between Turkey and Russia is taking center stage...
Dec 01, 2015
WEATHER – Showers ending early. Windy at times. High 43F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 Last of the rain showers will be early this morning….might get a touch of snow tomorrow morning. SUNRISE AN...
Dec 01, 2015
Teenage student charged with bringing gun, ammo to Barrington High
(BARRINGTON) A northwest suburban high school student faces several felony charges for bringing an unloaded handgun and ammunition to school on Monday, prompting a lockdown, according to police. The 1...
Dec 01, 2015
UIC student charged in online shooting threat
(CHICAGO) For each of the 16 bullets that hit Laquan McDonald, Jabari R. Dean allegedly took to the Internet and promised to "execute" a white student or staff member at the University of Chicago. But...
Dec 01, 2015
Bond Set for Cop Charged With Shooting Teen
By Nick Gale, WLS News Bond has been set at $1.5 million for a Chicago Police Officer charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old. Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged last week in th...
Nov 30, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes Monday 11-30-15
The University of Chicago was shut down this morning. The FBI alerted it to an online threat of gun violence. Donald Trump and Chuck Todd got into a fairly heated exchange on Meet The Press. Todd poin...
Nov 30, 2015
No injuries in Back of the Yards building collapse
A building collapsed early Monday in the 4800 block of South Ashland. | Network Video Productions (CHICAGO) No injuries were reported after a building collapsed early Monday in the Back of the Yards n...
Nov 30, 2015
WEATHER – Cloudy early with rain later today. High near 45F
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Jeff Eno WLS-AM Forecast Monday, November 30th, 2015 RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT LOOK FOR RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT...
Nov 30, 2015
