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Numbers are not my specialty, but it doesn't take a math genius to be completely befuddled about the sheer number of workers that have left the state of Illinois in just 4 short years. It's really remarkable by just about any measure.

Discover why some Illinois and Wisconsin colleges are labeled 'Worst' by Avocado Post for high costs and low ROI.

While these favorites are being discontinued, new and exciting food options will continue to emerge.

Did you know that many of the iconic scenes from a classic 1980's movie were all filmed in a real Illinois place? What used to be the high school detention center for The Breakfast Club is now a real detention center for the Illinois State Police.

I demand a recount. Oh, wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. There's a new safest cities list that includes two Missouri places. That's the good news. The unbelievable part is that they are located near the 'murder capital' of America and I have so many questions.

As if the skies over Missouri weren't going to be interesting enough during April, now there's word that a green 'devil comet' is coming and it just might be visible over the Show Me State during the total solar eclipse even.

Experts rate the worst hotels and motels in Missouri you should avoid at all costs.

I miss the days of old school video rental. This current generation will never understand the thrill or disappointment of finding (or not) the latest movie release behind the box in the video store. There are still two Blockbuster video locations surviving in Missouri - sort of.

I'm gonna risk sounding like the old man in the room, but I have seen a lot of changes in Missouri over the past 4 decades. Some good, some bad and some...well just the natural process of things. I've narrowed them down to 5 good and 5 not so good things about Missouri that have changed over the past 40 years.

The campsite host knew something was wrong when she found a dog alone in an Illinois campground. That's one of the strange twists in a story that was shared by an Illinois couple who saw something in the woods they apparently were not supposed to see based on the fact that the government allegedly tried to keep them from telling their story.