• More thrifting and fewer returns, the early trends that defined shopping this holiday

  

• Celebration of life service held for Park Forest police detective Tim Jones

  

• Oakland's Skyline High alumni hold tribute for late coach John Beam

  

• $100,000 Christmas Eve Powerball ticket sold in Twin Cities

  

• Avalanche danger to increase in Colorado's high country

  

• Road closures, parking restrictions for 2026 Philadelphia Mummers parade

  

• Funeral arrangements announced for slain Delaware state trooper

  

• Storm spotter remembers warning of a deadly tornado that hit North Texas towns 10 years ago