Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

A girl with autism witnesses her father's murder at the train museum where he works as her mother also goes missing. 

As the U.S. commemorates its 250th anniversary look back to a previous anniversary celebration, which brought Chicago an iconic artwork, Chagall's second large-scale piece for Chicago.

Hofherr Meat Co. in Northfield revives a family business after two generations away, with housemade sausage and deli staples and dry-aged beef, in addition to a finely tuned Italian beef sandwich. 

A 250th birthday seems worthy of multiple celebrations, so this year PBS is hosting two specials for the Fourth of July and America's 250th.

Larry is showing promise under Miss Scott's tutelage as Geordie considers a promotion while also investigating the death of a lonely old lord. 

Frankie is warming to Patience as she sees her worth, and includes her in an investigation into a confounding murder that involves magic and an international jewel thief. 

The days have once again begun their inexorable shortening, but it's a long time before those summer evenings perfect for a patio, cocktail, or sweet treat disappear. 

Han Cha and Yunomi are much more than museum cafes, even though they are surrounded by art in the Stony Island Arts Bank.

The world of Indian sweets is vast and varied, but Anupy Singla offers a homemade introduction with an instant pot recipe for carrot halwa. 

When a student is found dead while preparing for a high-stakes quiz, the detectives take part in their own trivia game to try to trick a confession out of someone.

Two seemingly natural deaths in the same hall while someone played organ suggest the music might have something to do with the deaths. 

Take a look back on why the Obama Presidential Center is even in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood as it opens a decade after the city was selected as its home.

In a ceremony held in Chicago for one of the biggest recognitions in the U.S. food and beverage industry, one Chicago chef took home an award. 

The final season of Grantchester is here, as Alphy tries to form a relationship with his mother and an obituary for a man appears before he is murdered. 

Patience struggles when Bea relocates and is replaced by a less understanding detective inspector, even as Patience still offers valuable insight into cases.