Watch the Oct. 3, 2018 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”

Illinois’ leading candidates for governor had to tackle fresh controversies as they faced off Wednesday night in a one-on-one debate.

Although a ninth judge has yet to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the show must go on. The eight justices returned to the Temple of Justice this week to hear a new set of lawsuits.

The story of one local punk band whose members’ lives have gone in some surprising directions.  

Nearly 40 percent of recent college graduates don’t think they’ll pay off their student loan debt within 10 years, according to a new study. 

A decade after the comedian’s death, Bernie Mac’s widow, Rhonda McCullough, looks back on his Chicago roots and successful acting career. 

A Nobel laureate, towering figure in the world of physics and one of the founders of Fermilab died Wednesday. Remembering Leon Lederman.

Watch the Oct. 2, 2018 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”

President Donald Trump is boasting a booming economy, but will higher interest rates stop it?

A local education nonprofit unveils an ambitious plan to get first-generation and low-income college students to graduation day.

How an urban garden is contributing to research on women’s health. We stop by the Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Garden at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The suspended Chicago police officer spent more than an hour on the witness stand Tuesday, recounting how and why he killed teen Laquan McDonald in 2014. Updates from the high-profile murder trial.

A live report from Wrigley Field as the Cubs take on the Colorado Rockies.