Author Archives: Cumulus Media
Update: Weekend I-290 closures for Halsted Street bridge project
(Chicago) Ongoing construction of the new Halsted Street bridge continues this weekend, with closures in both directions of the Eisehower Expressway. In order to place the bridge's new piers, inbound ...
Sep 11, 2015
Holy Cross Hospital to get Level 1 trauma center on South Side
(CHICAGO) After years of fighting for an adult trauma center, the South Side will finally get one at Holy Cross Hospital, the Sun-Times is reporting. Sinai Health System and the University of Chicago ...
Sep 11, 2015
UPDATE: Police say bodies found in garage where Riverdale man ran unlicensed mortuary
(CHICAGO) Four bodies and other human remains were found Wednesday in the garage of a south suburban home where the homeowner was conducting an illegal in-home mortuary business, according to police. ...
Sep 10, 2015
First human cases of West Nile reported in DuPage, Kane counties
(CAROL STREAM) The first human cases of West Nile virus in 2015 have been reported in west suburban DuPage and Kane counties. A Carol Stream woman in her 50s was diagnosed with the virus but was not h...
Sep 10, 2015
Apple unveils upgraded devices
No new devices but Apple unveils several upgrades. CNN’s Maggie Lake talks to Gene Munster, Senior Research Analyst for Piper Jaffray.
Sep 10, 2015
Bugging out: America’s first edible cricket farm
Is it a fad, or is it the future? Rachel Crane visits Big Cricket Farms, the nation’s first edible cricket farm to find out what everyone’s bugging out about.
Sep 10, 2015
‘Our heart is really broken’
Refugees fleeing from poverty, war and corruption tell the story of their journeys to Europe.
Sep 10, 2015
Sketch released of child found in Garfield Park lagoon
Chicago Police released a composite sketch Thursday of a child found dismembered in the Garfield Park lagoon. | Chicago Police (CHICAGO) Chicago Police on Thursday released an artist's composit...
Sep 10, 2015
Deputies rescue combative, suicidal teen from fourth-floor of parking garage
(DEER PARK) Lake County sheriff's deputies saved a combative teenager from jumping from the fourth-floor of parking garage Tuesday night in northwest suburban Deer Park. About 9 p.m., a deputy was pat...
Sep 10, 2015
Heard on The Big John Howell Show: Coats criticizes GOP on shutdown threat
By John Dempsey, WLS News Indiana Republican U.S. Senator Dan Coats is criticizing his fellow Republicans in the House, who are setting the stage for a government shutdown later this month. Coats told...
Sep 10, 2015
