Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

"Muhammad Ali lived here for some of the most important years of his career," says his biographer Jonathan Eig. "Chicago was really where he began to find a national stage and to realize that he could be special." Plus, he had his "racial awakening" here. 

A suspect has been apprehended in what appears to be a cut-and-dried murder case, but the daughter of the victim seems to know something more. Professor T tries to gain her confidence and learn the truth.

Cassie finally begins to heed the warning and advice of her loved ones as increasing evidence allows her and Sunny to pressure some of their suspects into revealing the truth about the night Matthew Walsh disappeared.

Season six of Grantchester hasn't even aired on WTTW and PBS yet (it's coming in early October), but we already have news of another season, which has just started filming.

Ralph Metcalfe was once known as the "world's fastest human" and raced alongside Jesse Owens at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics before becoming an influential Chicago politician who eventually bucked Richard J. Daley and the powerful Democratic machine.

Professor T is characteristically blunt with the parents of a child who has been kidnapped, but quickly understands the complexity of the situation. 

As Cassie and Sunny's team begins to look into their suspects, difficult pasts begin to emerge, while a prime witness from the night of Walsh's disappearance is located. 

While Professor T tries to avoid his mother, he ends up in the hospital as well as in the middle of a hostage situation, where he brings to bear some surprising rules that frustrate police officers as they attempt to save hostages. 

Cassie and Sunny begin interviewing four possible subjects in a decades-old case while also trying to confirm that it was in fact a murder, via witnesses and tracking down the rest of the victim. 

Meet some of the new characters who will appear in a second season of Sanditon and get a glimpse of what lies ahead for Charlotte, Tom, Georgiana, and the Denhams as the army sets up a base in the resort town.

Joanna Hernandez spent the past five years as a journalist in New York City, but she has always wanted to return to Chicago to tell the stories of her native city. "I’ve talked about it since day one,” she says. 

A new documentary explores the Chicago blues legend's life as he refined his craft and influenced some of rock's most famous guitarists. "It is the American story," says the filmmaker. "Buddy worked his ass off and kept at it, despite never having massive success."

When someone is poisoned at a museum reception, the detectives again turn to Professor T for help in winnowing down the suspects, who include a woman who works at the university and has gossip swirling around her. 

Ram faces a serious complaint at work and a possible medical crisis at home, but he will soon have even more to worry about, as Cassie and Sunny begin to identify the four new police officers who may have been witnesses to a murder decades ago.

While investigating a rape at her old college, Lisa Donckers decides to ask her former forensic criminology professor for help. Professor T is brilliant and knowledgeable, but also difficult to work with—and he has a history with Lisa's boss.