Author Archives: Cumulus Media
Testimony that led to mistrial in El Rukn case a $68,000 error
(CHICAGO) Testimony by a former Chicago police detective that triggered a mistrial in the ongoing saga of a wrongfully convicted former death row inmate has turned out to be a $68,000 mistake. U.S. Di...
Nov 10, 2015
High pressure keeps us dry into Tuesday
By Geoff Maurer, Weather Channel Meteorologist (CHICAGO) High pressure keeps us dry into Tuesday before a wet & windy Veteran’s Day on Wednesday. Today | Sunny. High 53F. Winds SSW at...
Nov 08, 2015
Dem Lawmaker Pushing Term Limits
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) An Illinois State Senator is pushing for term limits for the four legislative leaders. State Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Plainfield) is pushing a constitutional a...
Nov 07, 2015
Suit: Mother claims CPS teacher hit boy, 9, because he was black
(CHICAGO) A woman alleges in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that a white Chicago Public Schools teacher hit her 9-year-old son because he is black. Nairobi Henson claims that a teacher at Horace Man...
Nov 07, 2015
Left lanes of Bishop Ford Freeway to be closed for weekend in south suburbs
(CHICAGO) The left lane of the Bishop Ford Freeway will be closed in both directions this weekend for storm sewer repairs in the south suburbs. The left lane of I-94 will be closed in both directions ...
Nov 07, 2015
IL Senators React To Keystone Decision
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) President Obama Friday rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project saying it wouldn’t lead to vast job creation as many Republicans had hoped and could have neg...
Nov 06, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes for Friday 11/6/15
McCarthy says 9-year-old boy targeted, lured into alley and executed. Rumsfeld Responds to Bush Sr. Calling Him 'Arrogant’: He's 'Getting Up in Years'. Follow Alan Scaia on Twitter. Ben Carson: ...
Nov 06, 2015
Martian Atmosphere “Gone With The (Solar) Wind”
NASA announced a big discovery by their MAVEN spacecraft, and new details about how Mars went from being and Earth-like planet to being the desert planet that we see today. Michelle Nichols, the Maste...
Nov 06, 2015
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk
Sen. Mark Kirk will make a rare public appearance in the city of Chicago on Friday afternoon. He will appear at a downtown hearing on whistleblowers at Hines VA Hospital. He joined John Howell to disc...
Nov 06, 2015
James Rosen From Fox News Channel
James Rosen is the Chief Washington Correspondent for Fox News Channel. He joined Big John Howell to talk about his new book, “Cheney One on One: A Candid Conversation with America’s Most ...
Nov 06, 2015
