If you're planning a weekend getaway to a lake in Illinois that's not far from St. Louis, you might want to know that there have been mountain lion sightings in the area.
Remind me to never buy a house near an airport. An Illinois family was shocked when they heard a huge boom in their yard only to learn that it was an emergency slide that had fallen off of a huge airplane.
Normally, being #1 at something is a good thing. That's not true in this case. Surprisingly, Illinois has become the tornado capital of America and the numbers so far in 2023 prove that point.
It takes real vision to be able to convert what used to be a school bus intended for transporting children into a fully-livable home and that's exactly what someone in Illinois has done and I have the pics to prove it.
Sometimes you have an experience that changes you. Something that alters what you're willing to do and what you're not. That happened for one rural Illinois couple who no longer walk outside at night after a horrifying encounter that made them wonder what lives in the woods behind their home.
A very underrated word is "cheap". Some think of that as a negative thing, but in my book being affordable is a plus. If you agree, you'll be pleased to learn (I hope) that the cheapest place you can live in Illinois is located in the western part of the state.
I love it when the internet makes food declarations as if they're scientific fact even though there are few things in life that are more subjective than food preferences. That being said, it's hard to argue with the "science" that has just named Illinois as having among the top 5 absolute best food items in America.
There is hype growing that it's likely you'll be able to see a glorious display of the Northern Lights dazzling your eyeballs over Missouri and Illinois this Thursday night. Sorry to be a party pooper, but that doesn't appear likely to happen. At all.
It would be a good idea to keep an eye on the skies over Missouri and Illinois midweek as there's a good chance that we'll see big storms with damaging winds develop that might bring with it helpful rain, too.
Humidity is a way of life for most that live in Missouri, but one city is more humid than the others. New data shows it's one of the most humid cities in all of America and it's in the heart of the Show Me State.