safety

Many consider coffee so important that they think it should have its own food group. If coffee is your way of life and you have a certain coffee maker from Aldi, you should know there's an urgent recall due to a serious burn hazard.

There are more than a million Samsung ovens that are very popular in Illinois that are now under an urgent product recall due to a fire hazard according to a new safety bulletin.

Just give me 5 minutes alone with the people that come up with these scams and everything will be fine. Don't I wish. While I wait for that golden opportunity, I can at least warn you to beware of a vicious text scam involving the Illinois Tollway that is ripping thousands of Illinoisans off.

The last thing you want to happen when you're enjoying a cool dessert in the summer is an unexpected allergic reaction, but that's what's happening with some ice pops that have been available in Illinois now under an urgent recall which could cause life-threatening reactions for some.

For what it's worth, I'm not on board with all of the stay away from Illinois at all costs lists that occasionally get passed around the internet. However, I'm not an expert mover and there are several moving companies that seem to be in agreement that you might want to avoid moving to the Land of Lincoln.

According to the law in Illinois, there are certain individuals who are not supposed to possess firearms. The Illinois State Police just completed a monthly enforcement crackdown to make sure those people are in compliance and it resulted in 318 firearms being taken.

Illinois State Police just completed a two day sting operation in the Columbia area of Illinois which resulted in the arrest of 5 Missouri men who are accused of trafficking children.

This is one of those things that should just never be. There are 10 families in Illinois who are now dealing with kids that have suddenly gone missing just since the first of July.

You need to be as safe before you get in the water as you hopefully are when you're swimming. There are now 25 water areas in Illinois that have been declared too unsafe for swimming due to dangerous bacteria levels.

A woman lost her life from a gunshot wound in June in an East St. Louis, Illinois street and the suspect who is alleged to be responsible for the crime was on the run. However, US Marshals have now captured the Illinois man who allegedly is her killer.