WORT Local News

Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from 6:00-7:00 PM and online anytime at WORTFM.org.

Recent Episodes

Outgoing Police Chief Shon Barnes recommends interim successor

Posted January 7, 2025 • 00:42:51

Here's your local news for Tuesday, January 7, 2025:

We have the latest details as Police Chief Shon Barnes prepares to leave the city for...

Parties clash on top issues as budget season kicks off

Posted January 6, 2025 • 00:48:55

Here's your local news for Monday, January 6, 2025:

We hear party leaders' priorities for the state's next biennial budget,
Discuss...

Radio Chipstone Presents: 1,000 Hearts

Posted January 2, 2025 • 00:58:07

Just because we're in a new year, leaving the stuff we don't want to carry anymore in the old year might not be so easy. It could take weeks, months,...

Stu Levitan Presents: Madison in the Seventies

Posted December 31, 2024 • 00:58:00

Stu Levitan presents a special New Year's Eve history lesson on Madison's greatest decade... the 1970s, when the highest hopes and worst fears of the...

Justice and accountability for Kevin Price

Posted December 30, 2024 • 00:50:50

On August 12th, 2024, Kevin Price made a call for help.

But instead of getting help, Price was shot by a Fitchburg police officer....