This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review ...

(CNN) — A federal judge ordered the release of more than 600 people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS, dealing a blow to ...

Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 is bringing back the voices that helped define Top 40 radio in the Midwest with a special two-hour program this Saturday, July 26. WLS Unwound: Personalities of the MusicRadio ...

Rich Gardner, an author and self proclaimed music fanatic, joins Bob Sirott to discuss some of the latest publications in his catalog of books documenting the best selling records, top charts, and ...

A reader’s question sent me down a J. Mark Powell-type rabbit hole. But first: this week’s Quiz Question. When you combine the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart ...

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As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and metal ...

This is part one of a two-part series. See part two here. Across the country, Native American tribes are struggling to reclaim what was taken from them over the course of more than a century: the ...

CHICAGO — For 33 years, he was associated with “B96,” the rhythmic Top 40 station serving the Windy City that Audacy Inc. acquired through its tax-free merger with CBS Radio. In October 2024, this ...

CHILLICOTHE — The West Liberty-Salem High School football team’s historic postseason run ended in the state semifinals. The Tigers fell to Ironton 63-21 in a Division V state state semifinal on Friday ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Parents of Washington Local Schools students are concerned that the busses their kids are taking to get home from school are overcrowded to the point where some don't even have a seat.