Author Archives: Cumulus Media
Child Death Prompts Calls to End State Budget Standoff
By Bill Cameron, WLS News (CHICAGO) The death of a nine-year-old Chicago child is sparking a call to action for lawmakers to pass a budget. One group claims Gov. Bruce Rauner and the General Assembly ...
Nov 03, 2015
FBI Stepping Up Investigation into Fox Lake Officers Death
By Nick Gale, WLS News (CHICAGO) The FBI is stepping up its role in the probe of Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz’s death two months ago. The FBI is said to be mounting a comprehens...
Nov 02, 2015
Top Cop: More Minority Hires Slow Going
By Bill Cameron, WLS News The Chicago Police Department needs more cops and this morning they’ve announced a new recruiting campaign. This is not more cops like so many want, but merely filling ...
Nov 02, 2015
Report: Charges against Patrick Kane unlikely
By John Dempsey, WLS News It appears Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane may escape prosecution, concerning allegations that he raped a woman in his Hamburg, New York home in August. “Th...
Nov 02, 2015
Indiana coroner charged with dealing drugs
Dawn L. Maxon | La Porte County sheriff’s office (LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind.) A La Porte County deputy coroner was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with dealing drugs in northwest Indiana. Daw...
Nov 02, 2015
Overnight closures to begin on Jackson for new Union Station work
(CHICAGO) Nighttime closures of Jackson Boulevard between Canal and Clinton Streets are scheduled to begin Monday for the relocation of water and sewer mains as a part of the new Union Station Transit...
Nov 02, 2015
Former CPS basketball player charged in gun case
Antoine Boyd | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) A former standout basketball player at a Southwest Side Chicago Public School was arrested Friday night after he allegedly threw to the ground a gun that then d...
Nov 02, 2015
Man charged after trick-or-treating with boy; DCFS investigates mom
Jeffrey Lustro-Dufrain | Riverside Police Department (RIVERSIDE) A 27-year-old man was charged with assault and a 43-year-old mother is being investigated after the man drunkenly took a child trick-or...
Nov 02, 2015
WEATHER – Sunny, breezy and mild. High 71F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Monday, November 2nd, 2015 A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY. NEXT CHANCE FOR...
Nov 02, 2015
Overnight closures to begin on Jackson for new Union Station work
(CHICAGO) Nighttime closures of Jackson Boulevard between Canal and Clinton Streets are scheduled to begin Monday for the relocation of water and sewer mains as a part of the new Union Station Transit...
Nov 01, 2015
