springfield

The fact is that every single city in America has a crime problem at some level. That one place in town that most try to avoid when they can. In Illinois, there are 10 places that have a bigger problem than most with violent crimes earning them a place on the 10 most dangerous places list.

There's a brand new list of the wealthiest people in the world and Missouri has a new (sort of) number one richest person. This guy is so wealthy, he could afford to buy 3 billion candy bars and that's even allowing for inflation on chocolate.

Totally Cool, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for over 60 ice cream products.

I suspected it all along, but now there's a map I've found that seems to prove that the state of Wisconsin is the real world home of The Simpsons after all.

In a recent study highlighting air travel etiquette, Illinois has been spotlighted for its residents' propensity to engage in "naughty travel behaviors."

The idea of 'living comfortably' is such a subjective thing. Income that is comfortable for one person might seem like poverty to another. However, there is a national average which is being used to compare Illinois towns and cities to decide which ones are the most comfortable in the state.

Without seeing the actual data, I would have almost guaranteed that St. Louis and/or Kansas City would have the highest crime indexes in Missouri. I've learned that my perception was very very wrong as the 10 Missouri places with the biggest problems with crime are more than a little surprising.

It was graduation time in early June of 1992 and should have ended in the happy beginning of two young Missouri women beginning the next stage of their lives. Instead, it has become one of the greatest mysteries that remains unsolved as we approach the 32nd anniversary. What happened to the Springfield 3?

It's a given that Chicago is in big trouble if an enemy were to ever attempt a surprise first-strike nuclear attack, however a newly-revealed map from FEMA now shows dozens of targets in the Land of Lincoln if all of our worst nightmares ever came true.

If you want to camp in one of America's best spots, you don't need to travel far in Illinois as one of the newest top 10 is in the heart of the Land of Lincoln.