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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Imagine living in a mansion. I mean, who wouldn't dream of that? But let me tell you about this one over at the Lake of the Ozarks – it's something else.