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Meijer recalls distilled water sold in Illinois after unknown black substance found. Check labels and UPC, don’t use affected bottles.

If you feed your pets Purina, the FDA warns of contamination risks linked to a large batch of products stored at a Minnesota distributor.

If you use Walgreens nasal spray, check now — 41,328 bottles of its Saline + Xylitol spray are recalled due to Pseudomonas lactis contamination.

From Winter White Russians to live tunes, Broken Oar’s Arctic Winter Bar in Port Barrington turns the cold season into a sparkling, celebratory pop-up experience that runs through early February.

It’s official: Illinois just can’t stomach green bean casserole on Thanksgiving. Here’s why this dish is always the loser.

Imagine a public restroom that cleans itself — sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, right? Well, it's coming to Illinois soon!

Illinois’ candy trends: M&Ms, Sour Patch, Hershey’s Almonds rise in popularity — while chewy, caramel, sour, and hard candies make dentists cringe.

In 2019 Rockford saw snow Halloween night. Jack-o-lantern heads became snowman faces, I swapped witches for Santa. A piece of weather folklore now suggests 2025 might deliver another wintery Halloween surprise.

Volo Museum is stepping into spooky season with new paranormal train tours sharing chilling ghost stories from the historic grounds.

Despite steady household energy use, Illinois bills are climbing. The culprit: AI data centers gobbling up grid capacity.