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Maybe you're someone who deeply cares about having a White Christmas, maybe you're a snow-hater who never wants snow (you picked the wrong state), or maybe you're someone who just doesn't care about Christmas weather at all because you're all about the family, food, and presents. Regardless, polling information says that 72% of us want our Christmases to be snowy.

Time to start guessing. Not one person I asked to guess which suburb we're talking about got the answer right this morning, so let's see if you can do better. Name that burb!

A motor vehicle inspection stop by Illinois State Police 150 miles from Chicago ended up turning into a $40 million cocaine bust last Friday afternoon.

Not one, but two meteor showers that have the potential to be really spectacular are going to be highlighting the skies over Illinois for almost the entire month of December, and we'll get pretty good looks at Venus and Saturn, too.

The Puppy Scam isn't back---because sadly, it's never gone away since scam artists figured out that they can bilk people out of their money year after year. This year, the Puppy Scam is taking more money than ever before, and leaving sadness and anger in its place.

If you're looking for a picturesque Illinois town that really goes all in on holiday decorating and the Christmas spirit, you don't have very far to travel to get there.

Ah, the Elf on the Shelf: the adorable holiday tradition that started as a fun way to get kids excited about Christmas and has now become an Olympic-level parenting event. Congratulations! You’re in the final stretch of orchestrating tiny toy drama at 11:57 p.m. while everyone else sleeps. If your creativity is running on fumes (or you’re already regretting agreeing to this madness), we’ve got some ideas to save you.

If you're not familiar with pickle ornaments or the "hide the pickle" holiday tradition, you've got to be a little confused by the headline. Read on to learn more about hiding the pickle, and how the whole thing may have gotten started by an Illinois Civil War soldier.

At Thanksgiving time, it's about the foods you should and shouldn't allow your pet to eat, but then at Christmastime you also have to consider not only the foods to avoid but the holiday plants, too. Here are the ones to keep away from the four-legged family members in your house.

Throughout the holiday season, we'll see lots of cars, trucks, and vans out and about decorated with strings of holiday lights, so it has to be legal, right? Well, the answer depends on a couple of factors...