Taste Of Chicago Music Lineup Announced

You can get a taste of The Taste this weekend.

Forty food vendors will be cooking at the Taste of Chicago, which kicks off September 6th in Grant Park.

Among the restaurants appearing include the Billy Goat Tavern, Star Of Siam and perennial favorite, Eli’s Cheescake.

CeeLo Green will headline on Friday September 6th. On Sunday, Atlas Genius will hit the main stage. Other acts will appear on the Goose Island and Summer Dance stages.

A Taste of Chicago neighborhood pop-up will open in Marquette Park on Saturday.

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Just weeks after one died in Illinois from listeria: another recall of deli meat

U.S. health officials Friday announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people and caused two deaths.

Boar’s Head Provisions Co. recalled its liverwurst because it may be tainted with the listeria bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The company is also recalling additional deli meats that were produced on the same line and on the same day as the liverwurst.

The USDA said a sample of Boar’s Head liverwurst from a Maryland store tested positive for listeria. The sample was from an unopened package, collected by the Maryland Department of Health as part of an investigation into the listeria outbreak.

Testing is underway to determine if the liverwurst sample is connected to the outbreak, health officials said.

The outbreak was first reported last week. As of Thursday, 34 people were sickened, with all but one hospitalized. Two people died including one from Illinois.

People most commonly reported eating deli-sliced turkey, liverwurst and ham, officials said.

Listeria can contaminate food and sicken people who eat it. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea. It can be treated with antibiotics, but it is especially dangerous to pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems.

An estimated 1,600 people get listeria food poisoning each year and about 260 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Boar’s Head recall includes a number of products stamped with an August 10 sell-by date, including bologna, garlic bologna, beef bologna, beef salami, Italian Cappy-style ham and Extra Hot Italian Cappy-style ham. Also included is Steakhouse Roasted Bacon Heat and Eat, with a sell-by date of Aug. 15.

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New details about downstate sheriff’s deputy who shot Sonya Massey in her home

The downstate Sangamon County deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home while responding to her 911 call was discharged from the U.S. Army for “serious misconduct,” after less than two years of service, and held six different police jobs in the last four years.

Sean Grayson was a 91B Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic in the Regular Army from 2014 to 2016. He had no deployments and left the Army in the rank of private first class, according to an Army spokesman.

Grayson, who did not turn on his body camera until after shooting Massey at her Springfield home on July 6th, was fired from the force. He’s been indicted on three counts of First Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery charges for the July 6th shooting. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Don’t Miss McHenry County Drive-In’s Biggest Double Feature in 25 Years: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and ‘Twisters’

Join Scott Dehn, owner of the McHenry County Drive-In, on the Ray Stevens Show as he talks about showcasing the biggest double feature in 25 years—Deadpool & Wolverine and Twisters. He’ll also discuss his mission to offer affordable, memorable family entertainment, and what exclusive perks you can enjoy if you mention Ray Stevens this weekend.

Firefighters’ New Best Friend: Knox HomeBox™ Revolutionizing Emergency Entry

Fire Marshal of Lombard, Illinois, Perry Johnson joins the Ray Stevens Show to discuss the Knox HomeBox™ program, which offers a secure way for firefighters to access keys and enter homes during emergencies. He’ll explain the benefits of owning a Knox Box and how its exterior placement doesn’t compromise safety. For more information: https://www.knoxbox.com/Products/Residential-KnoxBoxes

Cruise On By: Join the Drive Chicago Crew at the New Lockport Bettenhausen Dealership on July 26th from 8 – 9 AM

Join Ray Stevens and Nick Gale on WLS AM 890 as they chat with Drive Chicago Radio Co-Host Mark Bielek about why car lots are starting to pile up, rising trade-in values, and what’s in store for the special live broadcast of DRIVE CHICAGO from 8am – 9am this Saturday at the NEW Bettenhausen Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram dealership at 16471 W 159th in Lockport, IL.

Vice President Harris stumping in Indiana

Voters in Indiana haven’t backed a Democratic presidential candidate in nearly 16 years. But Vice President Kamala Harris visited the solidly Republican state on Wednesday and will speak to a constituency she hopes will turn out for her in massive numbers in November: women of color.

Just three days after launching her bid for the White House following President Joe Biden’s departure from the race, Harris will address the biennial gathering of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta in Indianapolis.

It’s a moment for Harris, a woman of Black and South Asian descent, to speak to a group already excited by her historic status as the likely Democratic nominee and one that her campaign hopes can expand its coalition. In a memo released on Wednesday, campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon pointed to support among female, nonwhite and younger voters as critical to success.

“Where Vice President Harris goes, grassroots enthusiasm follows,” O’Malley Dillon wrote. “This campaign will be close, it will be hard fought, but Vice President Harris is in a position of strength — and she’s going to win.”

Still, Democrats face challenges as the country is nursing frustrations over higher prices following a spike in inflation, while former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, survived a recent assassination attempt that further energized his already loyal base. But the memo was more optimistic than the narrow path the campaign saw after the 81-year old Biden delivered a disastrous debate performance in June.

While the campaign will keep emphasizing what it calls its Blue Wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to get the needed 270 electoral votes, Harris hopes to be competitive in North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.

Trump has generally run stronger with white voters who do not hold a college degree. AP VoteCast, a comprehensive survey of voters and nonvoters that aims to tell the story behind election results, found that group composed 43% of all voters in 2020 and Trump won them by a margin of 62% to 37%, even though overall he lost the election.

For Democrats, Black women would likely make a fundamental difference in November, and Harris has already shown signs of galvanizing their support.

In the 2020 election, AP VoteCast found that Black women were just 7% of the electorate. But 93% of them voted for Biden, helping to give him narrow victories in states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

After Harris announced her candidacy, roughly 90,000 women Black women logged onto a video call Sunday night for her campaign — a sudden show of support for an alumni of Howard University and sister in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority who has made Beyonce’s song “Freedom” her walk-on music at events.

Harris will follow her Indiana trip by going to Houston to speak on Thursday at the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers, which has endorsed her candidacy.

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Kimberly Cheatle Steps Down from Secret Service

Join Don Mihalek, ABC News Law Enforcement Contributor and Retired Senior Secret Service Agent, as he visits The Ray Stevens Show to dissect the security lapses in Butler, Pennsylvania, that led to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigning after the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

Just ahead of the DNC in Chicago the Director of the Secret Service resigns

The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she’s resigning following the assassination attempt against ex-President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.

Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee at an outdoor campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

“I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in an email to staff, obtained by The Associated Press. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”

Cheatle’s departure was unlikely to end the scrutiny of the long-troubled agency after the failures of July 13, and it comes at a critical juncture ahead of the Democratic National Convention and a busy presidential campaign season. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have promised continued investigation, along with an inspector general probe and an independent and bipartisan effort launched at President Joe Biden’s behest that will keep the agency in the spotlight.

Cheatle’s resignation came a day after she appeared before a congressional committee and was berated for hours by both Democrats and Republicans for the security failures. She called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades and said she took full responsibility for the security lapses, but she angered lawmakers by failing to answer specific questions about the investigation.

Biden said in a statement that “we all know what happened that day can never happen again,” and he said he’d appoint a new director soon, but he did not discuss a timeline.

The president said he was grateful to Cheatle for her decades of public service. “We especially thank her for answering the call to lead the Secret Service during our administration and we are grateful for her service to our family,” Biden said

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