Benny's Pizza in Milan will be opening a second location in Orion. The popular pizza joint, known for its pizzas, calzones, and tomato salads, will open its second location in the former The O Kitchen ...

HOW DOES DONALD TRUMP’S ECONOMY feel to a corn and soybean farmer? How does it feel to a wealthy daughter of a family whose name is synonymous with American entertainment? Last week, farmer John ...

On May 1, 1963, at 1 p.m. local time, a 6-foot-5 Seattle outdoorsman — a shoe salesman, essentially, who had moonlighted as a mountain guide — planted an American flag in the snow at the top of the ...

Wendy Snyder, Dave Schwan and Jack Heinrich start the show talking about the successful splashdown of the Artemis II mission and the memorial service for Orion Samuelson. For today’s Far Flung ...

On September 26, 1960, Orion Samuelson joined WGN Radio. From hosting the WGN Radio Barn Dance to breaking the news to Chicagoans of the JFK assassination. From meeting with government officials and ...

Click here to watch the Service in Loving Memory of Orion Samuelson at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley, IL, April 10, 2026.

On the morning of Sept. 26, 1960, a 26-year-old man from the dairy farms of Wisconsin walked up North Michigan Avenue toward Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago. He was about to begin his first day at ...