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No Kings rally Michigan City full 61 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:36:25 +0000 0CdlLBXJOlY1aaFtmFRMpvhrM0LGNeTU news Chicago All Local news No Kings rally Michigan City A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Fr

No Kings rally Michigan City full 54 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:27:01 +0000 E0ljMjBPjAoMmOc2RY4EfgedZwhFXe64 news Chicago All Local news No Kings rally Michigan City A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Fr

Animal cruelty charges dismissed full 46 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:34:18 +0000 yHyvl7YZgzn6SQ47tAMt0dWJ2oAZK2hM news Chicago All Local news Animal cruelty charges dismissed A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F

Before you attempt to check into your next hotel, make sure everything checks out. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's "Tip-Off to the Rip-Off" on WBBM has some tips.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs today returned a lost Purple Heart medal to the grandson of a World War II veteran who earned it while fighting to liberate Germany. The medal earned by Private First-Class Edward Gorski Jr. was returned to his grandson, Shawn Gorski, who also served in the Army.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Begins Juneteenth celebrations. MWRD Board of Commissioners and staff gathered in front of the Barbara J. McGowan Main Office Building for the fourth annual Juneteenth flag raising Friday.

The U.S. Secret Service Chicago Field Office hosts an Unmanned Aerial Systems briefing at Soldier Field. More than 100 federal, state and local officials from several states took part in the briefing, which focused on mitigating and leveraging drone capabilities.

Two floors high up the former John Hancock Center are getting new life. The observation deck on the 94th will expand to the 95th floor, becoming Chicago's first multi-story observation deck. The 96th floor will become a premier event space for weddings, corporate events and other gatherings.

WBBM's Carolina Garibay visits the Field Museum to meet researchers who will be studying a more than 40 million-year-old asteroid sample collected by NASA.

The Lincoln Park Zoo has officially introduced 6-year-old adult "Tucker" to the public. Zoo officials say Tucker is very playful and he enjoys eating rib bones.

The Lincoln Park Zoo has officially introduced 6-year-old adult "Tucker" to the public. Lincoln Park Zoo officials say Tucker is very playful and he enjoys eating rib bones.

Cursive academy full 51 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:21:22 +0000 EXhPVvk0evmrpDcpwLT4CEWddMsDdpVq news Chicago All Local news Cursive academy A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.

WBBM's Carolina Garibay chats with a Chicago photographer about the Brave Pink Warrior Project, a series of photos of women who have survived breast cancer. She said the hope is to inspire women who are currently going through treatment.

High nitrate levels were found in drinking water in the south suburbs, making the water unsafe for infants under six months old, but okay for anyone older to drink. That's according to the water supplier Aqua Water.

A new study from Northwestern Medicine examined the potentially harmful impacts of TikTok skin care routines. Researchers found that these routines could cause skin damage.

WBBM's Carolina Garibay recaps the 2025 Tony Awards, where the Steppenwolf Theatre's production of "Purpose" won two awards after premiering in Chicago in 2024.

Phil Fox has broken the Guinness World Record for circumnavigating Lake Huron by bicycle, completing the more than 1,000-mile journey in 69 hours and 33 minutes.

A late-night barn fire in unincorporated McHenry County claimed the lives of six horses and drew a large mutual aid response from area fire departments.

A 69-year-old man was killed and another man injured in a shooting Sunday night in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

A 51-year-old pilot was killed and a 3-year-old child injured Saturday when a small plane crashed into a farm field near the Hinckley airfield in DeKalb County.

A Chicago police officer who was killed during a tactical operation in Chatham Thursday night was unintentionally shot by a fellow, officials confirmed late Friday.

There's a bug invasion along the lakefront. An annual event this time of year, as aquatic insects emerge from the lake. They're called midges.

Family-run newsstand in Chicago will fold after 82 years

WBBM's Carolina Garibay chats with a couple of Chicago's LGBTQ+ leaders about the increased importance of Pride Month during the Trump Administration.

WBBM's Mai Martinez introduces us to the family behind Nuts on Clark.

The Will County Coroner is attempting to identify a man whose body was found in a forest preserve nearly 17-years ago. The man's body was found hanging from a tree in the Thorn Creek Nature Preserve in October of 2008.

Immigration advocates rally around Milwaukee immigrant allegedly framed for threatening President Trump full 70 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:50:02 +0000 aGUuHR5HHzlE5PCJN1IOqzoeyQQwNdEA news Chicago All Local news Immigration advocates rally around Milwaukee immigrant allegedly framed for threatening President Trump A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False

Most college graduation ceremonies have wrapped up and graduates are embarking on new journeys, which may include searching for a job. Scammers don't require a cap and gown – they have degrees in deception and are ready to exploit inexperience. However, there are ways to avoid them, and the Better Business Bureau's “Tip-Off to the Rip-Off” on WBBM is here to help.

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants Chicago to join the growing list of cities to enact its own grocery tax to replace one the state is eliminating next year.

The Missing Persons Identification Act requires law enforcement in Illinois to take a report immediately when they are notified of a missing person and enter it into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System, called 'LEADS'.

The Chicago Fire plan to build a privately-funded soccer stadium in the South Loop.

A new mural on the north side of the Prudential Building in the Loop by a Dutch artist aims to raise awareness for environmental and social justice.

Necropsies will be performed on four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched recently on a building at the University of Illinois at Chicago and were found dead last week.

Illinois lawmakers pass a bill aimed at reforming the public defense system.

ComEd customers across northern Illinois are now feeling the impact of a summer electricity rate hike that went into effect this month, with average bills increasing by about 10 percent.

The Bank of America Chicago Half Marathon took thousands of runners through the West Side this morning. The race started and ended in Garfield Park, taking runners through Douglass and Humboldt Parks this morning.

A pickup truck was stopped at 4 a.m. for a moving violation. Park Ridge Police discovered methamphetamine in the vehicle and arrested the driver and the passenger.

A 19-year-old U.S. Navy Sailor is behind bars in Illinois, accused of shooting 10 people in South Carolina. Shawon Shamarion Williams was arrested Thursday afternoon in Lake County.

An Illinois woman is arrested in connection with a decades-old Wisconsin murder. David Vanderzee suffered five gunshot wounds to the head at his home in the Town of Randall, Wisconsin in September 2003.

A man from suburban Justice is going to jail for big-time felony theft. He was found with stolen retail merchandise valued at more than $500,000.

Police have identified a suspect wanted for the stabbing deaths of a woman and a girl in a townhome last night in the northwest suburbs. Streamwood police are looking for 25-year-old Jalonie Jenkins and consider him armed and dangerous.

A man is facing a list of charges after a police officer stopping in for a drink thwarts a West Chicago gas station holdup.