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Police: Man shot to death in Goose Island

Oct 27, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
Chicago Police investigate in the 1000 block of North Willard Court, where a 35-year-old man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

(CHICAGO) A man was found shot to death early Thursday in the Goose Island neighborhood on the Near North Side, police said.

Officers responding to reports of a person shot at 12:18 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Willard Court found the 35-year-old man in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not immediately confirm the death.

About five hours earlier, another man was killed in a separate shooting about a block away.

Chicago Police investigate a homicide in the 1000 block of North Willard Court early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago Police investigate a homicide in the 1000 block of North Willard Court early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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Rauner’s World Series Wager to Ohio Governor John Kasich

Oct 25, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

By Jen DeSalvo, Big John and Ray Morning Show
Any professional team that plays Chicago in any championship event would be lucky to win for multiple reasons. Probably the best reason being that they usually are the recipients of some bet with a politician from Illinois who promises a supply of local goods to the team, fans, food pantries, etc.

Governor Bruce Rauner on Monday made a wager with Ohio Governor John Kasich to provide the leader a case of local microbrew beer and some Chicago deep-dish pizza. Lou Malnati’s, Giordano’s, Portillo’s Hot Dogs, Vienna Beef are just a few of Chicago’s culinary gems.

As for those microbrew beers? Atlas, Goose Island, Three Floyds, Half Acre, Revolution, and Two Brothers are just a fraction of the amazing microbreweries in the Chicago area.

Big John Howell Show Notes 5-3-16

May 3, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

Game over: Lou Holtz has endorsed Donald Trump ahead of the Indiana primary. Voters head to the polls today.

Carly Fiorina apparently lost her footing after introducing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at an event in Indiana. Cruz did not notice it and ended up having to deal with some criticism from Donald Trump because of it.

Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 2 points in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. Trump gets 41 percent to Clinton’s 39 percent in the new poll.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stole a police bike and took it for a joy ride on Monday. No charges were filed. He did eventually return the bike.

Everyone’s talking about Malia Obama’s decision take a year off before going to Harvard. More and more students around the country, including some here in Chicago are choosing the same path. Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke wrote a column about the issue and ended up getting a lot of flak, ironically enough from more left-leaning readers. He joins John to talk about the Great Gap Year debate in America in 2016. (Listen here)

Doug Sohn’s Dog Dayz of Summer will return to Humboldt Park this June. The second annual fest dedicated to Sohn’s signature Hot Doug’s sausages, Goose Island beer and live music takes over the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse lot, 605 N. Sacramento Blvd., June 24-25.

Big John Howell Book Recommendation: “Politics Lost” by Joe Klein.

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