Maestro Carlos Kalmar and members of the Grant Park Orchestra join us live in our studio to talk about the upcoming season and to perform

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On tonight's show: a big week in testimony in the Burge and Blagojevich trials; big teacher cuts and class size increases are looming for

Decades after the alleged torture of suspects began, today former police commander Jon Burge took the stand in his perjury trial.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman discusses the education funding crisis and more.

As the school year draws to a close, we go back to Fenger High School to find out how things have changed since the brutal murder of Derr

Music from India heard around the world -- we meet the composer of the Oscar-winning music for Slumdog Millionaire.

Naperville native Bob Odenkirk is town for the TBS Just For Laughs comedy festival.

The Chicago News Cooperative's Daniel Libit has the latest from the Blagojevich trial.

Stuart Levine, Lon Monk and Chris Kelly all got some name play in the latest testimony heard in the Blagojevich corruption trial.

Former Chicago business journalist Tom Hudson joins us to talk about his move to Nightly Business Report, along with the latest

Cricket -- the international sport known as the "gentlemen's game" -- has been played in the Chicago area for decades.

We bring you President Obama's first address from the Oval Office, where he'll be speaking about the BP oil spill.

The Chicago School Board approved a plan to lay off up to 2,700 teachers and borrow $800 million to help close a sizable budget gap.

Rod Blagojevich's onetime friend and former Chief of Staff Lon Monk completed his testimony today after four days on the stand.