We go inside the mind of the man who created the Muppets.

Before he was famous, Mike Royko honed his writing skills in love letters to his future wife. We talk to their son David Royko.

Three viewers wrote in to ask Geoffrey Baer about some apparent rail lines recently exposed on North Lincoln Avenue.

Should the state's budget problems be solved with tax hikes, or budget cuts and pension reforms?

Carol Marin sits down with famed feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem.

Proper use of the English language matters--that was the contention of longtime NBC news correspondent and anchor Edwin Newman, who died

With more than a dozen African-Americans reportedly considering a run for mayor, we look at how that community--and others--may try to wh

For two years a state website provided physicians' records, but earlier this year the law mandating this database was struck down.

A hungry insect is devastating Illinois' ash trees.

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's chief spokesman addresses recent news reports that he received more than $13,000 worth of new