Lake County's highway advisory radio station to end after nearly 20 years of broadcasting
by Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Lake and McHenry County Scanner— The county’s real-time highway travel advisory radio station, 1620 AM, is disbanding next week after nearly 20 years of broadcasting, officials announced. The Lake County Division of Transportation’s (LCDOT) real-time PASSAGE Highway Travel Advisory Radio Station, WQBR256 operating on 1620 AM, will be decommissioned on Wednesday. LCDOT operates and maintains five radio towers, which are […]
Mother Jones—Catching up with Columbia’s student radio station after a historic broadcast. The student-run radio station at Columbia, WKCR, has been praised widely for its coverage of campus protests. The station’s popularity even led the website to, briefly, crash. And some have said the students should win a Pulitzer Prize. (This point helped poke at an irony embedded in such a situation: The prizes are given at […]
Lake and McHenry County Scanner—County enters agreement to house Great Lakes Naval Station prisoners in McHenry County Jail. An agreement has been approved to house Great Lakes Naval Station prisoners in the McHenry County Jail following severe staffing issues at the Lake County Jail where the prisoners are currently held. A resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between McHenry County and Naval Station Great Lakes was passed during the McHenry County Board’s Law and […]
Daily Mail—Fran Kirby will LEAVE Chelsea at the end of the season when her contract expires after nearly 10 years with the club, ending speculation over her future. Fran Kirby will leave Chelsea at the end of the season when her contract expires. The forward, who is the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, joined back in 2015. Kai Havertz's mental strength has been impressive.. after a difficult start to the season he's proven his worth - Listen to the