galesburg

For 50 years, Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream has been part of this small Illinois community. Sunday, the popular pizza restaurant closed its doors permanently.

It's really hard to believe this once popular Galesburg, Illinois mall has only been closed for 6 years based on how much nature has reclaimed that space. Thanks to some urban explorers, you can see what little remains inside of time machine to what shopping in the 1980's was like.

There is an unusual warning about 4 Illinois places of higher learning being considered as a bad deal for students and among the worst in America - allegedly.

I remember when this Illinois town was one of the better ones in the state. Unfortunately, you won't find many trying to make that case anymore as it's now ranked among the top 10 places in America that were destroyed by outsourcing jobs.

In the small town of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, the Baran family has quite the head-turner in their 150-pound pig, Norbert.

We all want to protect our environment, but it can be easy to overlook some of the simplest ways we can do this. Throwing hazardous waste in the garbage is a prime example of something we should never do.

It might come as a surprise that the best pizza joint in Illinois is not in Chicago. Yelp reviewers give this place in Galesburg 5 stars across the board.

The drive-thru is open but you can't eat inside.