It took 12 years for someone to do it, but Naperville's strange world record for the amount of people willing to show up and completely reverse the order of how a normal person gets dressed has finally fallen to an out-of-state competitor.
Some are reacting to this major retailer's coupon policy changes like we should call it Coupon-ageddon, while others feel like it's just a company readjusting things for the current economy.
If you're hoping to get a look at the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, you normally have to get yourself far north of where we live in Illinois. However, once in a while atmospheric conditions are just right for those of us living south of Canada to get a rare look at one of the coolest things you can see in nature, and it looks like this month's conditions will be right.
As long as we're this close to a holiday involving green beer and drinking to excess as its theme, I thought it would be fun to look at one of Illinois' next-door neighbors. This neighbor has quite the reputation for elbow-bending, and as it turns out, that reputation is well-earned.
If you're a successful major league baseball pitcher, the job pays well. Want proof? See inside the epic Branson, Missouri lakefront estate that was once owned by all-star pitcher Cole Hamels.
In Illinois, Irish pubs are not quite as plentiful as Italian restaurants, but we've certainly got a lot of them to choose from. Not that any of them are bad, but according to a popular foodie website there is one Irish pub that stands head and shoulders (if not shillelaghs and shamrocks) above the rest.
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.