Evalyn Drake is a former Texan who makes her living today as an award-winning investigative reporter for Chicago's leading television station.

She has a "nose for news" and that often puts her on a collision course with Mackenzie Lyons, Chicago PD homicide detective.

She's single, but dating. She liked dogs until a run-in with Stone's black wolf, G. Now, she's a devoted cat lover who rescued a calico tabby, named Checkers, from the animal shelter.