Illinois

If you happen to have a health situation where you have sensitive lungs, you need to know that air quality in many parts of Missouri and Illinois could be very problematic Wednesday.

Seeing a squirrel is no big deal. It's actually rare when you don't see a squirrel in Illinois or Missouri for that matter. One Illinois homeowner did have a rare encounter with one of these creatures you don't often see - an all-white Albino squirrel.

After a long Memorial Day weekend, it was back to work and the normal routine for many. What wasn't normal was the fact that the US military's 'Doomsday Plane' just flew over Illinois and Iowa, but it's fine. It's probably fine.

It's not exactly breaking news that buying and selling homes is hard. There are so many laws and regulations plus best practices that you need to understand the details of. One question that gets asked more than you probably realize is whether or not you're required to disclose if your house is haunted to a prospective buyer. The law in Illinois is tricky.

I've flown enough times in my life that I can attest to the fact that flying on an airline can test your patience. However, I've never been aggravated enough to participate in the kind of brawl that recently erupted at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Video shows how wild it became.

I am a fan of vehicle customization. I've seen some pretty wild details and even license plate frames in Missouri and Illinois over the years. But, did you know there's one thing you can do to your license plate that will get you busted except in Missouri?

Sometimes people make unique choices and sometimes those choices have consequences. That is the case for one Illinois man who allegedly decided he needed to take someone else's backhoe because he needed to get to the airport to catch a flight.

It's not exactly breaking news that I'm not a genius so I cast no stones against a small town in Illinois that was just declared one of the top 5 dumbest in America. Where did I put that dunce cap anyway?

Do you think you have something rare of value that could be of interest to American Pickers? How do you feel about being on TV? If you can answer yes to both of those questions, this summer could be your opportunity to get famous because the show is coming to Illinois and they're looking for valuables.

When I think of Route 66, I think of nostalgic journeys down a historic highway. A recent documentary tells an entirely different story as many could not travel its roads safely especially in Missouri and Illinois.