Category Archives: Big John and Ramblin' Ray Blog

9-21-16 John and Ray In 60
On Wednesday, the Chicago Police Department will announce plans to hire more than 500 new police officers. The department currently has more than 12,000 officers. Meanwhile, protests erupted in North ...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2016

Big John & Ray: Go To Hooters For The Wings, Stay For The Stabbings
Twenty or more customers got into a brawl at a Florida Hooters establishment that sent one man to the husband with a stab wound. The altercation erupted after two rival softball teams began taunting e...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2016

NYC Bombing Responses: Andrew Cuomo vs. Donald Trump
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s response to NYC Bomber Trump’s Response to the NYC bomber
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2016

Sing Me A Story; Connecting Kids with Songwriters at Riot Fest
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 News “The one thing all kids have, regardless of circumstance, is imagination,” Austin Atteberry told John and Ray Friday morning. Atteberry is the Executive Dir...
Cumulus Media Sep 16, 2016

Challenger of fired clerk seeking judgeship bumped from race
Video from ABC 7 (CHICAGO) Plans by a woman to wage a write-in campaign against a former law clerk who allegedly impersonated a Cook County judge has been derailed by the Chicago Board of Elections. M...
Cumulus Media Sep 14, 2016

Clinton: I thought I could power through illness
[van id=”politics/2016/09/12/hillary-clinton-beeper-health-pneumonia-fainting-sot-cooper-ac360.cnn”] In a phone interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Hillary Clinton says she is feel...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2016

Good deed creates miracle for local ice cream vendor
(CHICAGO) Fidencio Sanchez of Chicago has been selling frozen treats from a paleta cart to help pay bills. Now he’s looking forward to those days being over. A fundraising page set up for the 89...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2016
Kevin Harlan’s Play-By-Play Radio Call Of The MNF Idiot On The Field Is An All-Timer
The Idiot On The Field during tonight's Monday Night Football game didn't get much TV airtime, but Westwood One radio announcer Kevin Harlan gave the incident a treatment you absolutely MUST hear. Sou...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2016

Hendricks, Cubs inch closer to title
(CHICAGO) Kyle Hendricks has emerged as the ace of the Chicago Cubs’ staff while the team runs away with the National League Central title. He almost added a no-hitter to the Cubs’ excepti...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2016

Audience members crash Ryan Lochte’s debut on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
By Madison Park and Sandra Gonzalez Protesters rushed the stage after Ryan Lochte’s first performance on “Dancing with the Stars,” interrupting the live show Monday evening. The inci...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2016