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Amazon is gearing itself up for Prime Day coming up next month, which has turned into one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Priority number one is hiring a lot of people.

I'll assume that since you're reading this, you've been keeping up with the political world, and you've no doubt seen or heard some of the things that 16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger has had to say about the current state of American politics.

Let's all close our eyes and picture a delicious chicken tender.
Do you have it pictured in your mind? Can you taste it? Is your mouth watering? Good. Now let's talk tenders.
Actually, first, let's look at some chicken tenders.
Chicken Lit Tenders & Wings in Naperville was just n…

It's been almost two years now since Illinoisans and the rest of the country looked at Memorial Day Weekend as an opportunity to take a long weekend trip, but with COVID-19 numbers going the right way for the most part, plans to hit the road are being made.

Toilets deal with a lot of our crap and some of the things you put in it could really do a number two on your plumbing or even your city's sewage system.

It's not just a couple of million dollars more, either. The Illinois Department of Revenue says that sales of recreational weed has produced nearly $121 million in tax revenue for Illinois, compared to about $99 million for wine, beer, and/or spirits.

COVID-19 had a lot of families back home together again for the first time in a long time.
People who thought they'd never be living at home again found themselves posted up in their parent's basement. College kids who dreamed of going off to school found themselves doing online school from…

Years ago, after a holiday gathering, my wife's grandmother left Rockford to return to her home in Elgin. A call came a short while later letting the family know that she'd had a "little problem" with directions.

I'm not really quick to agree with Governor Pritzker on much of anything, but it would seem that he was correct on Wednesday when he declared that "the days of vaccine scarcity are over" here in Illinois.

Having lived in this area for all but 6 months of my life, I don't have any experiences, good or bad, with moving companies. However, since we do live in a state that's leading the nation in people leaving, I'll bet that someone reading this has a story to tell.