The Money Pit

Not one, but two meteor showers that have the potential to be really spectacular are going to be highlighting the skies over Illinois for almost the entire month of December, and we'll get pretty good looks at Venus and Saturn, too.

The Puppy Scam isn't back---because sadly, it's never gone away since scam artists figured out that they can bilk people out of their money year after year. This year, the Puppy Scam is taking more money than ever before, and leaving sadness and anger in its place.

If you're looking for a picturesque Illinois town that really goes all in on holiday decorating and the Christmas spirit, you don't have very far to travel to get there.

If you're not familiar with pickle ornaments or the "hide the pickle" holiday tradition, you've got to be a little confused by the headline. Read on to learn more about hiding the pickle, and how the whole thing may have gotten started by an Illinois Civil War soldier.

At Thanksgiving time, it's about the foods you should and shouldn't allow your pet to eat, but then at Christmastime you also have to consider not only the foods to avoid but the holiday plants, too. Here are the ones to keep away from the four-legged family members in your house.

Throughout the holiday season, we'll see lots of cars, trucks, and vans out and about decorated with strings of holiday lights, so it has to be legal, right? Well, the answer depends on a couple of factors...

The story of a little boy being left behind while his parents and siblings fly off to Paris is undoubtedly a heart-warming classic Christmas movie, but it probably wouldn't result in a "happily ever after" if it really happened here in Illinois.