The gospel music world lost one of its greatest singers this week: Chicago soprano Delois Barrett Campbell, of the legendary Barrett Sist

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A one-time funeral director talks about his greatest undertaking—creating paintings of a spiritual world.

The owner and executive chef of "Province" demonstrates some great summer recipes that won't require turning on the stove.

In Erik Larson's new book, In the Garden of Beasts, he tells the true story of a Chicago family that unexpectedly finds itself i

The debt deal is done, but the stock market continues to tank. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at how D.C.

Our resident tour guide Geoffrey Baer discovers a whole new way to explore Chicago, thanks to a visiting troupe of Australians!

We hear from a local author who shares tips for exciting vacations close to home.

Congressional leaders and the President come up with an 11th hour deal to raise the debt ceiling.

A sentencing date has been set for convicted former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich. He'll learn his fate on October 6.

Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951.

Snakes have escaped Lincoln Park Zoo and are on their way to the suburbs. Paris Schutz has more on where they've landed and why.