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If you've spent any amount of time in Illinois, you are undoubtedly familiar with those brown bugs that show up every year around this time, looking to get into your house. Here's something that maybe you didn't know: Illinois has not just one, but 11 different types of stink bugs.

As the excitement builds for one of Owensboro's biggest attractions this year, go behind the scenes with The Blue Angels documentary. In this never-before-seen footage, viewers will follow the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron during their 2022 season. It's a powerful, inspirational, and educational documentary.

We may not be leading the nation right now in "outbound migration," but Illinois is still losing population to other states. These 3 take most of Illinois' departing residents.

As long as we're this close to a holiday involving green beer and drinking to excess as its theme, I thought it would be fun to look at one of Illinois' next-door neighbors. This neighbor has quite the reputation for elbow-bending, and as it turns out, that reputation is well-earned.

Think about it. You've probably shopped at an Illinois Aldi store at least a few times in your life. Do you remember hearing any music in the store? Here's why you won't.

Three other states have enacted similar laws: New York, California, and Washington. With all of Illinois' problems, is this a priority?

You've may have seen those stories about a super-lucky someone who had some paper money with a printing mistake that made it worth far more than the face value of the note itself. Well, check your own wallet to see if maybe the star of the story this time is you because there are some really valuable dollar bills floating around out there. Here's what to look for.

Sure, you could ask people who are actual parents some questions when you need parenting advise, or you could totally trust an impersonal algorithm to pass along child-raising tips. According to a new study, these are the questions parents in Illinois and neighboring states are turning to Google for.

Sure, we've got some time before the leaves begin to change...but not that much time. With that in mind, take a look at these suggestions on where to go for the very best in colors when the Fall season hits Illinois.

If you've always thought that these little black and red bugs only come out late in the fall season, you might be surprised to see so many of them right now in July. Here's why box elder bugs are so prevalent in Illinois right now.

It's a really big settlement, but the number of people who have qualified to receive a portion of the payout is also really big. This case goes back to last year, but payments to those who qualified here in Illinois and elsewhere still have not gone out. If you're one of those qualified people, you're probably wondering when you'll get your money.

No place gets busier during the Halloween season than a certain seasonal store that jumps in and takes over locations where other businesses have failed. They're America's largest Halloween retailer by far, and they got started as a single pop-up store in a California strip mall. Now they've got over 1,500 locations, with 50 of them right here in Illinois.