My children think pandas are cute, but sadly we are not allowed to have one as a pet. There's a good reason for that which applies to many other animals you cannot have as pets in Illinois or else.
Sure, it's cute and fuzzy, but...this particular caterpillar has some defense mechanisms that can be really annoying and painful for any human being who decides to pick it up. Oh, and that's not the only Illinois caterpillar you should be avoiding this summer.
One of the benefits of being Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes other than having multiple Super Bowl trophies on your mantle is having the ability to have many homes. You can see inside all of his Missouri places and even his infamous shoe closet.
I've read time and time again about people in other states who've made it a game or bucket list thing to hit every single restaurant from their state that has been featured on TV's Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives. If you're up for a similar challenge, take a look at where you'd go if you wanted to do the same thing here in Illinois.
The pandemic caused all sorts of things to be delayed, and the switch over to REAL ID is certainly one of those things. The deadline kept getting pushed back, and now you have until May of 2025 to decide whether or not REAL ID is something you need and/or want.
For those who work under the theory that bees are good, but hornets, yellow jackets, and especially wasps, are bad (and I'm one of those people), you might want to reconsider and adopt a live and let live attitude with them.
If you have children and you know where they are today, you have a luxury that 10 Wisconsin families sadly don't have today as their children recently went missing and have yet to be found. Can you help?
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.