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There's no question that the era when malls thrived is in the distant past, but a few are hanging on in Illinois. There's one that was abandoned as recently as a couple of years ago that still has many items left inside.

If you want to have the best chance to have clear skies for witnessing the historic total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, better find a good spot in Missouri as the latest cloud forecast shows it's the one state with the best chance to have no meaningful cloud cover.

When you have a name like mine, you normally don't make fun of other people or place's names. In this case, I will make an exception as there are 7 Missouri towns that have names that are so bizarre it's hard to believe they are really town names.

If you're paranoid about the upcoming total solar eclipse and the world situation in general, you might want to look the other way. I've come across evidence that elites are hiding in a survival condo in the Kansas City, Missouri area, but there are also lots of reasons I wouldn't worry too much if I were you.

I can already hear the naysayers laughing at the news that Missouri's summer will be hot. Of course it will be hot they'll say and they're not wrong. However, there's a difference between Missouri's normally hot summers and record heat and Farmer's Almanac says records may be broken.

Have you ever heard bad news that is also mixed with some potential good news, too? That could be what's happening with a furniture chain in Illinois that has announced they are declaring bankruptcy and will be closing stores, but there might be a silver lining at the end of it for Illinois, too.

It's not a great commentary on our current society, but when you think about it, there are very few things you can absolutely count on. These things are an exception. There are at least 5 things you will never see a faithful Missouri Amish man do no matter what.

It is true that there are no statutes ruling what age you can leave your child home alone in Missouri, but that does not mean you can't get in big trouble if you're not careful. The question and answer of what decides if a child in Missouri is safe by themselves at home is complicated.

I lived in Missouri in 2011 and I am an earthquake nerd, yet I don't remember what was the largest quake to hit the state that didn't originate from the New Madrid Fault Zone that hit that year.

So we've been hearing for months and months about the upcoming dual emergence of two broods of cicadas that will bring billions, if not a trillion cicadas to the surface and into our lives. We keep hearing that it will happen "this spring," but many of us would like the prediction to be a bit more specific. Here's what the cicada experts have to say about the timing of the cicada emergence.