After yet another weekend of shootings, the city is pushing back, calling out 37 businesses that officials say foster crime. But aldermen are calling for more aggressive tactics, including an amped use of stop-and-frisk.

We bring you a special preview of the 32nd Annual Taste of Chicago.

Chicago's lovely lakefront is home to a rather alarming monument. Geoffrey Baer tells us more in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

Acclaimed Indian film actress Sharmila Tagore joins us to talk about the Eye on India festival, which showcases Indian art, culture and 100 years of Indian cinema.

Meet the Field Museum's artist-in-residence. We get a behind-the-scenes tour of a most unusual studio environment.

In Chicago, we see both extreme cold and extreme heat. We asked which one you prefer.

Joel Weisman and his panel of local weather experts discuss Chicago's 2012 weather trends.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what is going on!

Today, the earth is at its farthest point away from the sun that it will be all year. But it sure doesn't feel like it. What can you do to stay safe during the heat wave? City officials and a doctor are here to give some potentially life-saving advice.

Indicted Cook County Commissioner Bill Beavers says he's been wrongly accused, and he claims to have documentation to prove it.

We hear from the director of Chicago's new Office of New Americans, Adolfo Hernandez, about the plan to make Chicago the most immigrant friendly city in the world.

How did a small town Illinois baseball team beat the odds and make it to the state finals? A Sports Illustrated writer brings us the amazing story.

A gospel musical celebrates 10 years on stage. We talk with the Chicago author whose book about elaborate church hats inspired the show.

We revisit a group of Lake Michigan surfers who are so passionate about their sport that they won't let a little thing like winter stand

We asked if you thought the state should pass a law that prevents Illinois towns from banning plastic bags.