The upcoming total solar eclipse during the afternoon of April 8 will include a rather long period when the sun will be completely overshadowed by the moon over Missouri, but which town will experience totality the longest? There's only one and not many probably realize it - yet.
Get ready (if they haven't presented already), allergy season is coming sooner than we would like. If you suffer from seasonal allergies there are two towns in Missouri you are going to want to avoid at all costs.
March is Women's History Month and if you are looking to support a restaurant owned by a woman to celebrate Women's History Month, you need to check out this spot in Illinois that Yelp says is one of the best!
Eating is fun! Who doesn't love to eat everything on-site at a festival, fair, or on vacation? USA Today released the top 10 food festivals in the nation and an Illinois festival made the list.
Did you know that many of the iconic scenes from a classic 1980's movie were all filmed in a real Illinois place? What used to be the high school detention center for The Breakfast Club is now a real detention center for the Illinois State Police.
Illinois's richest individual is worth $23 billion. The environmentally and socially-minded investor inherited much of his famous family's retail store fortune.
If you're a truck driver, you know that you face the dangers of the road. But, you also know that when and where you stop can be vital to your health also. That's why a new list showing truck stops across America that drivers say are 'too dangerous' is a must-read and 3 of those stops are indeed in Illinois.
If you're looking for a new bank to put all your hard-earned money in, check out one of these five Missouri banks just named on Forbes' Best Banks of America list.
I will believe this when I see it actually happen. There are reports that as many as 8 states are making plans to ban gas-powered vehicles. That begs the question if Illinois will ever follow that trend?
For me, I have it pretty easy in my day-to-day job responsibilities. I always say I don't have a physical job, but more of a mental job. However, these five physically demanding jobs in Missouri put mine to shame.
I have had many members of my family who have been over-the-road truck drivers including my late father-in-law. It's not an easy vocation to say the least. There's a new list of truck stops that drivers say are too dangerous to stop at including one place in Missouri.
If you have a craving for an out-of-this-world chocolate chip cookie you're in luck! Illinois is home to 3 of the BEST chocolate chip cookies in the US according to the experts at Yelp, here is where you can find them...
I'm confused. Either my two favorite food worlds have collided or I'm delusional (although admittedly both might be true). The internet 'experts' say the best taco in Missouri requires some form of kung fu. I feel like I should break a board right now.
I do believe in accepting responsibility when you do something wrong and that principle works the same for states, too. When it comes to the worst place to live in Illinois, the blame needs to be placed where it really belongs and that's in Indiana.
As the historic total solar eclipse in April draws closer, Illinois has issued urgent travel warnings for those who plan to witness the totality of the sun through the southern part of the state.
I am not an alarmist and it's not exactly breaking news anyway that Illinois sees a lot of tornadoes every Spring. However, it might bear watching 2024 in particular as past weather patterns might indicate the Land of Lincoln might be in the danger zone for twister development.
I understand the appeal, but I also have so many questions. An Illinois-based grocery store chain claims that their customers most want smarter shopping carts. The question is whether or not shoppers have really thought this through.
Major League Baseball's season has already started...HUH??? And "opening day" is on Thursday...why? What is the MLB doing? Here is my plan to fix the MLB...