Country Countown USA with Lon Helton

If you're flying out of Chicago O'Hare or picking someone up there, things could get interesting for you this summer.

There's one thing to know about driving that I didn't learn in Driver's Ed.

Can I also get a box of dunkers and a bag of potato chips?

By now, you've probably heard about this once-every-200-years emergence of cicadas we're about to experience this spring here in Illinois and some other places. There are going to be billions, if not a trillion of these bugs surfacing throughout Illinois, but the one thing not many are discussing is the problem with cicada urine.

I'm trying them I don't care.

After cicada Brood X leave Illinois, pest control experts say there are three important things every homeowner needs to do.

Lainey Wilson's tour rider is surprisingly down-to-earth.

There are many great breakfast places in Illinois that get plenty of well-deserved attention. But, there are others that just quietly go about their business without much hoopla. That's the story for a hidden gem in Illinois just named the best hole-in-the-wall breakfast place by a major national site.

I'm not trying to downplay the honor because it really is a nice recognition for a Missouri place. However, what the net is declaring one of best places to live in America really is full of lead foot speeders.

Many of these are seasonal farms that are just getting revved up for the year, while others are hidden gems like botanical gardens and wildflower trails that are open all year round.