The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, multi-media ...

Max Armstrong joins Lisa Dent to remember WGN legend Orion Samuelson. Armstrong and Samuelson worked together at WGN Radio for decades. Armstrong talks about Samuelson’s legacy in promotion ...

Orion Samuelson, the “American Farmer’s Best Friend,” is a legend whose career is likely never to be duplicated.

Something about the way Joe Kent’s resignation is being covered doesn’t sit right with me. It was hard for me to put my finger on it in the immediate aftermath. When I first found out about it I was 4 ...

Gross processors’ spreads, calculated as the difference between the estimated wholesale pork carcass cutout and the national producer-sold hog price, declined each week in February 2026 and were lower ...

Farm broadcasting legend Orion Samuelson, a long-time NAFB member and retired emeritus, passed away on March 16, 2026, at the age of 91. The “American Farmer’s Best Friend” was a legend whose career ...

The American Frozen Food Institute hired Lisa Van Doren as chief of government affairs.Feeding America named Rebeckah Freeman ...

Orion Samuelson, the voice of agriculture on WGN Radio for more than 60 years and National Radio Hall of Fame inductee, has died at 91.

JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey will face off in the November election for Illinois Governor, with Pritzker seeking a third term and Bailey promising to focus on Chicago and lower costs.

The race for Cook County board president saw incumbent Toni Preckwinkle called the winner in the Democratic primaries on Tuesday against Chicago alderman Brendan Reilly.