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If you've never seen or heard of a pickle ornament, I apologize. That headline has got to be one of the weirdest things you've read in quite awhile.

Give yourself 1 point for each of these that you have been to. Add an (*) next to each point if you've been there both as a child and taken your own kids there.

Join Thomas, Percy, and friends at the Illinois Railway Museum.

According to the Chicago Tribune, "an Aurora police officer who was fired for secretly installing cameras he later used to spy on his ex-wife should get his job back." This blows my mind. How could this union be going to bat for him? The Tribune article states that "he installed the cameras, including one in the bedroom, while their divorce was pending and he was still living there,

I am an apple-loving guy. I start each and every day with apple juice, and on average, I consume 5-7 apples per week. Year round, no matter the season, our house is always fully supplied with apples. Even though I'm constantly in an apple mood, like many people, when this season rolls around, I feel and hear the call of the apple orchards.

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The theme of reducing the strength and influence of public employee unions in Illinois is losing steam. The Illinois Senate Wednesday overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill which would allow the state and unions to send matters to arbitration if they cannot agree...

Alex Degman -- Illinois Radio Network The governor's administration and the state's largest public employee union are still far apart on new contract details, but there won't be any strikes or lockouts come July 1. AFSCME Council 31 spokesman Anders Lindall says both sides have essentially agreed to a one month contract extension...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has ruled that back wages owed thousands of state government workers from 2011 to 2013 must be paid. A panel of judges from the First District Appellate Court found that members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees should get the back pay, and the Legislature's failure to appropriate enough money to cover the raise

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dealt a blow to public sector unions -- ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois can't be required to pay fees that help cover the union's cost of collective bargaining. It was a 5-to-4 ruling, split along ideological lines...