February is American Heart Month, a month to spread awareness about the importance of heart health. Dr. Terry Mason, Chief Medical Officer for Cook County Health & Hospitals System, joins us to discuss heart health and more. Please also join us for a live web chat during and after the segment.

We meet two men playing in the ice sheets of Lake Michigan in Hyde Park on their daily swim. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Chicago native and visionary creator of Soul Train, Don Cornelius, is dead of an apparent suicide. We talk with his close friend and legendary Chicago radio personality, Herb Kent, about the Cornelius legacy. 

A new exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center brings death to life. We speak with the local man who assembled this morbid collection.

Find out why Woodstock, Illinois -- the backdrop to the classic movie Groundhog Day -- is reliving the same day over, and over, and over again.

David Petraeus has been called the most influential military leader of his generation. We talk about the forces that shaped him with Paula Broadwell, the author of a new biography, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.

A new report proposes a multi-billion dollar engineering change to Chicago's waterways to cut off an Asian Carp invasion.

Chicago is in the midst of a snowy owl invasion! We talk with a birder and a Field Museum scientist looking to uncover the hidden city dangers facing these beautiful creatures.

Iraqi kids take part in competitions promoting peace and addressing the challenges they face. We meet the man behind it all: 2011 Koldyke Fellow, Hussam Hadi.

Jane Addams and her fellow reformers understood the social value of art and its ability to break down barriers and uplift people.

The latest information about Chicago street gangs has been compiled in a new book from the Chicago Crime Commission.

What does a Logan Square building have to do with womens' hair accessories, amateur singers and camels?

The G-8/NATO host committee is on the defensive as it lays out plans for the May events. Carol Marin and her panel have more.