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July 10, 2018 - Full Show

Watch the July 10, 2018 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”

Viral Video Puts Spotlight on Cook County Forest Preserve

A video shot in a Cook County forest preserve has caught fire on social media and is prompting blowback from county officials on both sides of the aisle.

So Long to the Straight Dope: Witty Q&A Column Calls It Quits

After nearly half a century of answering questions ranging from the trivial to the technical to the taboo, the Chicago Reader’s informative and irreverent weekly column has ended.

Bring Your Appetite: Taste of Chicago Gets Underway This Week

The city’s mega-food fest returns to Grant Park. We get a preview of the Taste of Chicago.

An Early Harvest in the Chicago Tonight Garden

Organic gardener Jeanne Nolan stops by our organic vegetable garden, where we’ve already begun to harvest some of our early starters.

Van Dyke Case: Defense Expert Believes Change of Venue Necessary

Three-quarters of Cook County residents familiar with the high-profile case believe suspended police Officer Jason Van Dyke is guilty, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the defense.

Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

The battle has just begun over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Toddlers Could Climb Trees

New analysis of a child’s foot from an ancient fossil shows that human ancestors had adaptations that allowed them to climb trees, similar to their apelike cousins.

In ‘The Csardas Princess,’ Cabaret Singer Embroiled In Love, Marriage and Social Chaos, Operetta-Style

What is most impressive about this romantic comedy, the first work to be produced in Folks Operetta’s “Reclaimed Voices” series, is the exceptional beauty of the voices in the show’s large cast, and the performers’ comic swagger.

Hospital Ship Sets Sail in Documentary ‘The Surgery Ship’

A Chicago-area native talks about efforts led by a hospital ship to provide free surgeries to patients in West Africa and Central Africa.

Viewer Feedback: ‘What Were They Trying to Accomplish?’

What viewers had to say about Saturday’s anti-violence march on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Gov. Rauner’s Answer to Chicago Violence

The governor’s solution to violence touches on a common theme: reducing burdens on businesses and lowering property taxes, which he says will grow economic opportunities and jobs.

Brookfield Zoo Helps Bring Mexican Wolves Back From Brink of Extinction

Their recovery has been a national concern for decades. What’s happening locally in the effort to save the Mexican wolf.

July 9, 2018 - Full Show

Watch the July 9, 2018 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”

WBEZ, ProPublica Investigation Reveals Thousands of Duplicate Tickets

In its investigative series “Driven Into Debt,” ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ found Chicago has issued 20,000 duplicate tickets since 2007. We speak with the reporters who broke the story.