Northerly Island is getting a makeover. We have some of your thoughts in tonight's Viewer Mail.

Northerly Island Park is set to get an extreme makeover. We tell you what's in the works and when it will be completed.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy joins us to talk about the hold violence has on our city. 

Illinois Republicans hammer away at Democrats, as some gubernatorial candidates emerge for 2014. Paris Schutz has more on that, as well as pension negotiations in Springfield.

What's the secret to Superman's success while other caped crusaders have faded away? Author Larry Tye joins us with the answers, and a web-exclusive video.

Legendary Chicago musician Von Freeman died last weekend at age 88. We revisit our 2003 conversation with the acclaimed sax player.

A new exhibit charts the influence of all-star Latino recording artists on American popular music. We get an inside look.

We asked what you thought about Paul Ryan's budget plan. We read what some of you had to say in Viewer Mail.

Thousands of undocumented immigrants line up at Navy Pier for the chance to gain legal status under the new "deferred action" initiative.

Now that Congressman Paul Ryan has joined the Romney ticket, Ryan's controversial federal budget proposal is coming under intense scrutiny. We look at what that fiscal plan actually contains.

WIRED's Mat Honan got hacked and had his digital life wiped. We look at what steps you should take to keep your information secure. 

Groupon shares plunge 27 percent as second quarter earnings underwhelm.

Photographs of every site in Chicago where a murder took place laid out on a timeline turns into a cityscape where violence becomes a part of the fabric of the city. Elizabeth Brackett reports.