Vernon Hills

There's one nearly-abandoned Illinois mall that is rising from the ashes of what it once was to become something new.

I had never heard of this restaurant chain, but that will apparently be the exception and not the rule soon. One of America's fastest-growing restaurant chains suddenly has 3 Illinois locations and that looks like it might be increasing soon.

There is a report from a national finance site that a major craft chain with 35 stores in Illinois may have filed bankruptcy.

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

The Lazy Dog chain is coming and you and your dog have a new place to hang out with your friends, two and four-legged.