Looped In: Chicago

Halloween is this Sunday! WBBM’s Rob Hart had the chance to chat with one of the area’s premiere pumpkin carving artists, Kelley Cappell from Geneva. Kelley offers her advice on how to best carve your pumpkins and explains how she got her start as a pumpkin artist. If you want to go see Kelley's art, you can visit her display at 723 Lexington Drive in Geneva. Her hours are Sunday through Thursday from 6pm-9pm and Friday and Saturday from 6pm-10pm through October 31st. 

On Tuesday, the law firm of Jenner and Block revealed the results of their sexual assault investigation of former Blackhawks Video Coach Bradley Aldrich. As a result of their findings, General Manager and President of Hockey Operations Stan Bowman resigned his position. Senior Vice President of Hockey Operation Al MacIsaac is also no longer part of the organization. 

The fallout doesn't end there. According to the report, former Hawks Head Coach Joel Quenneville, currently the coach of the Florida Panthers, was aware of the incident, as was Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, who was also with the Blackhawks in 2010. 

WBBM's Jay Zawaski shares the latest on the story. 

In 2019 the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project began working together to try to name Gacy’s remaining unidentified victims. They began with Victim #5 who has now been identified, through genetic genealogy, as North Carolina man Francis Wayne Alexander. Today we’re talking to WBBM reporter Steve Miller about how DNA and genealogy may help name other Jane and John Does. 

Earlier today, Governor Pritzker met with the media, detailing the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan for kids 5 to 11 years old. Jay Zawaski sits down with WBBM's Rachel Pierson to discuss the pediatric vaccine rollout. 

William Crain is getting belated recognition for helming a pair of 'Blaxploitation' horror movies in the 1970s. He's traveling to Chicago this month to screen a print of 'Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde' at the Music Box Theatre. He talks in advance with WBBM Newsradio's Mike Ramsey. 

109 years, many books, and a two billion dollar movie later, historians continue to find new facts about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. WBBM's resident Titanic geek Rob Hart talks to the author of a new book who claims that the sinking of the Titanic was the first breaking news event that people could follow in real time. 

WBBM's Terry Keshner interview's three of Chicago's foremost authorities on the Great Chicago Fire on the 150th anniversary of the disaster. 

Cisco Cotto hosts the latest coronavirus edition of the WBBM In Depth podcast, which looks at some of the latest complications caused by the disease. 

Jennifer Keiper hosts the latest coronavirus edition of the WBBM In Depth podcast, which includes a look at some of the unusual types of vacations some people are taking during the pandemic. 

WBBM Newsradio's Jennifer Keiper hosts the latest coronavirus edition of the In Depth podcast, which looks at Chicago's new self-quarantine order for people coming in from COVID hotspot states and other topics.