Jim Gudas

The Illinois State Police announced that K-9 Riggs passed away unexpectedly at the age of 10 following a cardiac event. The police dog had a long list of accomplishments during his eight years of service.

A Northwestern economist says the tariffs President-elect Donald Trump promised to impose on China, Canada and Mexico could have wide ranging effects on the nation’s economy and consumers.

For over 40 years, experts at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line in Naperville have been helping people with questions or problems as they prepare their Thanksgiving turkeys. But, it’s not a job for everyone.

Ed O’Malley, coordinator of the Chicago Nativity Scene Committee, says 40 years of Chicago winters have taken their toll on the holiday display, which he says is one of the largest Nativity scenes in the world.

As a former Marine John Conway appeared in court on charges related to the shooting death of a man in Lincoln Park on the day before Thanksgiving, prosecutors revealed new allegations against the suspect.

Leaders of Rosary High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Aurora are reassuring students, staff and parents about its future after a nearby all-boys school announced plans to become coed.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford explained why so many firefighters and ambulances responded to the vehicle fire in the Trump Tower parking garage near the corner of Wabash and Kinzie.

Chicago Public Schools officials have called a special board meeting Friday morning – the latest salvo in what has been a months-long power struggle between the Teachers Union, Mayor Brandon Johnson and the district.

Leaders in Elgin are considering a plan to move residents out of an encampment for people experiencing homelessness, after recent fires there.

Nicole Harmon runs the Humane Indiana Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Valparaiso, where three birds that were brought in over the past two weeks tested positive for avian flu.