Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playw...
Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. Sh...
The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local colleg...
Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his mother gets ...
While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a fire depart...
A mother, obsessed with tracking the hit-and-run driver who killed her son, arouses Rossi's fighting instincts and leads to a human interest story wit...
The hard drinking husband of a popular female politician makes headlines while the Trib staff makes news itself in a gossip magazine. The Trib learns ...
To help with a story on the legalization of gambling, Lou befriends an elderly man who has inside tips for betting on the horses. Billie's new boyfrie...
Andrew is put on trial for the murder of a young woman who lived in his mother's flat. Art wants to protect his cousin but realizes that the Tribune's...
Rossi visits a small town where book burnings are back in fashion and a young teacher loses her job for teaching too radical ideas. Back at the Trib',...
The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.
Lou sticks his neck out to try and help Adam, who develops a serious drinking problem. However, when Adam's drinking problems gets worse and he expect...
Charlie and Lou do some thorough investigating when Charlie's new tenant seems to be using his house for suspicious purposes.
When the Tribune is hit by a worker's strike, Lou sides with management but is sympathetic toward the union.
Kitty Larsen, a young woman on death row, picks Rossi to tell her story. Although hesitant at first, he soon begins to like her. But Lou has personal ...
When Lou goes back to his elderly home to settle his aunt's estate, he meets an old flame and gets his first story assignment in years from Charlie.
The Tribune hires an old acquaintance of Animal's from 'Nam: photographer Lee Van Tam. But Tam's domestic troubles interfere with his work. Lou tries ...
Lou is shot by a robber, who is in turn killed by policeman Vince DeMayo. Both Vince and Lou have a difficult time getting their life back in order.
