It’s Tuesday, December 17th. I’m Natalie Gray and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, today’s weather: It will be mostly sunny with a high of 34 degrees, and we’ll have west winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour. In the news: For 10 months, former Harvest Bible Chapel senior pastor James MacDonald has said almost nothing about the controversy that has swirled around him.

It’s Monday, December 16. I’m Mary Regalado, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, the weather: Today’s forecast calls for cloudy skies, with a high of 34. In top news: James MacDonald, the embattled former pastor of the Harvest Bible Chapel megachurch, is suing Chicago radio personality Erich Mancow Muller for branding him a “con man” and, as McDonald says, fabricating stories about him on the air. Read more at Robert Feder dot com.

It’s Sunday, December 15th. I’m Elise Modica, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, the weather: Today we’ll have cloudy skies and late-night snow showers. The low will be 23 degrees. Winds will be light and variable, and there’s a 40 percent chance of snow.

It’s Saturday, December 14th. I’m Elise Modica, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, the weather: Skies will be cloudy today, with a high around 34 degrees. Winds will be northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. In the news: The state has fired the Department of Children and Family Services caseworker and supervisor who were responsible for the handling of complaints about AJ Freund’s parents in the months leading up to the 5-year-old’s murder in April.

It’s Friday, December 13th. I’m Natalie Gray, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, today’s weather will be cloudy early with partial sunshine expected late with a high of 43 degrees. The winds will be lighter and south, southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour.

It’s Thursday, December 12th. I’m Natalie Gray, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, today’s weather: It gets much warmer! We’ll have cloudy skies with a high around 46 degrees. We’ll still have a breeze, with winds south-southwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour. In the news: Tens of thousands of worshippers made a pilgrimage to Des Plaines for overnight festivities in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

It’s Wednesday, December 11th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, today’s weather: There will be some clouds in the morning that will give way to mainly sunny skies in the afternoon. The high will be 26 degrees with winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. In the news: James T. Ryan, the former Arlington Heights mayor who helped shape redevelopment of the village’s downtown in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 85.

It’s Tuesday, December 10th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. Today’s weather will be partly cloudy and much colder than it’s been, with a high of 23 degrees. Winds will be west at 10 to 15 miles per hour.

It’s Monday, December 9th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. Today’s forecast is rainy with a high of 49. In News: Since the summer, Illinois tollway boss José Alvarez has hired 5 of his former colleagues from the Chicago Housing Authority. Collectively, the 5 make nearly $900,000 a year. Alvarez defends the hirings, saying “I trust them to do the right thing for the tollway.

It’s Sunday, December 8th. I’m Natalie Gray, and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. Today’s weather forecast calls for clouds with highs in the upper 40s. Showers are possible this evening and overnight, with lows around 40. In the news: Pension debt for 5 state-funded retirement systems grew by almost $4 billion last year, pushing the programs’ combined unfunded liabilities to $137.3 billion. The state contributed a total of $8.