Ray Cortopassi is an anchor and reporter for WGN News in Chicago. With a focus on local news and human interest stories, Ray covers a wide range of issues, events, and people in the Illinois area. His work has also been featured on WGN Radio AM 720.
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Chicago, Illinois, United States (Local)
Ray's coverage is primarily focused on local news, with an emphasis on crime, sports, government & politics in the Chicago area. Based on this focus, outreach to Ray should be tailored around breaking local news related to crime and political developments within the Illinois and Chicago area.
Given his broad range of topics covered under government & politics as well as evolving stories and event coverage attributes, pitching relevant story ideas such as breaking political events or exclusive insights into ongoing criminal investigations in the Chicago area would likely resonate best with him.
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By: Andrew Smith, Ray Cortopassi
NAPERVILLE — International Women's Day is next month and Chicago-area craft brewers are raising a glass to that occasion with a special offering and one important bonding ingredient.
By: Alonzo Small, Ray Cortopassi
Posted: Updated: CHICAGO — A controversial measure to raise Chicago's real estate transfer tax on high-end properties won't be on the March primary ballot after all, according to multiple reports.
By: Ray Cortopassi
Measles cases are up by 79% worldwide from 2022.
By: Ray Cortopassi, Alonzo Small, Micah Materre
CHICAGO — The National Weather Service on Wednesday confirmed at least 11 tornadoes touched down across Illinois as clean-up from Tuesday's storms continues.
By: Alonzo Small, Ray Cortopassi
Posted: Updated: CHICAGO — Amtrak passenger service will be limited between Chicago and Detroit due to track repairs, the rail service announced.
By: Dana Rebik, Alonzo Small, Ray Cortopassi
A new study found that the ‘Windy City’ to be the 8th most stressful city for workers in the nation.
By: Ray Cortopassi, Micah Materre
Posted: Updated: PEORIA, Ill. — A group of high school students from Peoria were on a United Airlines flight to Japan when a tire fell off mid-air , striking parked cars in the process.
Clues will be released on the Skydeck's Instagram page.
The new schedule takes effect Monday, April 29.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would ban certain additives and chemicals in food has advanced in the Illinois legislature. On Thursday, Senate Bill 2637 passed the Senate. It will now head to the House. The bill, introduced late last year by Illinois Senator Willie Preston, aims to ban specific ingredients in candy, soda and […]
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