Ash-har Quraishi has the story of how Chicago played a pivotal role in sci-fi cinematic history.

Ash-har Quraishi has the story of how Chicago played a pivotal role in sci-fi cinematic history.
Senate President John Cullerton previews the final week of the spring session and talks about what’s next for pension reform and concealed carry in Illinois.
The city's homicide rate is down, but what do police expect for the summer months? We hear what Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy had to say.
A highly successful TV journalist changed careers and is now making a name for herself in music. We meet Rondi Charleston.
Check out photos of the emotional scenes inside and outside today's Chicago School Board vote on school closings.
The Chicago School Board voted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program in the largest shutdown in U.S. history.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis joins us to discuss the largest school closing in CPS history.
Chicago's historic Palmer House hotel is up for sale. Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9FM has that story, and more top business headlines.
After months of community meetings, debate and protest, the Chicago School Board is set to vote on possibly closing 54 schools. Elizabeth Brackett previews Wednesday's vote.
What action can we expect in the near future from the state capitol? We discuss with a roundtable of reporters.
Ash-har Quraishi has the story of how Chicago played a pivotal role in sci-fi cinematic history.
The Chicago School Board voted to close 50 CPS schools. We share what some of you had to say in tonight's Viewer Feedback.
Watch CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and CTU President Karen Lewis's full testimony from today's school board meeting.
Is it worth it? Chicago School Board President David Vitale joins us to discuss the board’s polarizing decision to close 50 schools.
Now that the School Board has voted to close 50 schools, what happens next? We have analysis.
A bill that paves the way for high-level horizontal fracking in Illinois cleared an important hurdle.
The stock market is flying high. We take a look what's going on, and at how Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress could affect the markets tomorrow.