Harry Volkman spent 55 years on the air forecasting Chicago's ever-changing weather.

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As budget talks draw to a close for now, it will be a busy week for the president as he begins his re-election bid with major fundraising

A new law that is supposed to level the playing field for Illinois businesses has one company moving to Wisconsin.

This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel-backed candidates win big in Tuesday's aldermanic run

The Chicago City Council will be getting many new members next month but what's on the mind of some veteran aldermen?

ProPublica reporter and former South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune Kim Barker discusses her new book, “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” The memoir chronicles her experiences covering conflicts in the two countries.

As the last high-rise at Cabrini Green comes down, an ambitious art project is coming down with it.

This housing complex takes up several city blocks and bears the name of a very famous Chicagoan.

If you were taken with the alligator caught in the Chicago River last summer - this should have you chomping at the bit - so to speak.

We hear what you had to say about recent stories when we read some of our viewer mail.

The makeover of the Chicago City Council is now complete and the change will be dramatic.

Wilmette was one of just a few suburban communities to pass a school funding referendum yesterday.

There's an increasingly bitter debate going on in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburbs.