When you're on a road trip and running low on fuel or need a quick bathroom break, the small convenience store/gas stations just off the interstate are an oasis during a long drive.
If you ate at a certain Illinois restaurant recently, it would be a good idea to watch your health symptoms after at least 8 have been sickened with Salmonella after eating there.
If you've been paying attention over the years, you know that the hardest and heaviest drinking takes place in that cheese-loving state just north of Illinois, but when you look at all the numbers, you'll see that some of the Midwest's biggest drinkers are spread all over the place.
While out on a hike through a wooded area in northern Illinois, I came across some trees that legit had purple paint on them! I got so curious, that I had to figure out what was going on. What does it mean when you see purple paint on a tree?