illinois

Judging by the popularity of Portillo's here in Rockford, I've got to assume at least half that $3 billion came from the Mulford Village Drive location. I know that my family is good for probably 3 trips to Portillo's a month.

There's some crazy footage out there.

A picture of this building in Belvedere, Illinois, was shared in a Facebook group a few days ago and, based on the comments, there was uncertainty as to what the building is.

They thought they were geniuses, but it didn't help that both of them were drunk.

Our beloved bear has passed away.

He got some distance after it was said and done.

Over the last couple of years, my wife has looked at me while we're sitting on our patio and asked this question: "Were those gunshots or firecrackers and fireworks?"

We've already seen some unusual earthquakes in the Midwest this year, but the one today might be the strangest of them all. An earthquake on the Illinois/Indiana border was felt by over 2,000 people today.

Illinois is the 18th best state to live in.

Yesterday, the buzz started to grow about some apparent strife within the McCaskey family that may eventually wind up with the Chicago Bears being sold.