A major player in discount stores with over 108 Illinois locations is planning on closing 1,000 stores across the country, and 600 of those locations should be closed by summer.
Even though I enjoy ice cream daily no matter what the season, most humans start to fill their freezers with frozen treats and visit local ice cream joints when temperatures start to warm up in the spring and summertime.
When you can't make it to a grocery store and need something to eat fast, what are the best and worst options for a drive-through meal in the Stateline area?
By now, you've probably heard about this once-every-200-years emergence of cicadas we're about to experience this spring here in Illinois and some other places. There are going to be billions, if not a trillion of these bugs surfacing throughout Illinois, but the one thing not many are discussing is the problem with cicada urine.
Many things just scream St. Patrick's day; lots of green clothing, lots and lots of green beer, shamrocks, parades, corned beef and cabbage, and of course, the traditional dyeing of the Chicago River. Here's when and how Chicago authorities plan to make the river turn green.