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You showed us your fabulous elf adventures, and now it's time to name the winner in our Elves Gone Wild Photo Contest. After close to 16,000 votes, here are your Top 5.

Having seven high schools ranked in the top 50 high schools in the entire country is pretty cool, but in order to send your kid to one of Illinois' top ranked high schools, you might have to call a realtor and moving company.

So, which steakhouse reigns supreme in Illinois? I will tell you that if you had a Chicago steakhouse in mind, you're wrong.

In this abandoned bank vault in Illinois, you will not believe what was found.

With almost no moon light and very little cloud cover over the next few nights, bright and colorful meteors will light up the sky over Illinois.

Life is always busy, but there's something about the holiday season that makes days of the week just fly by when you're trying to get all your holiday stuff done. Here are the shipping deadlines for mailing packages from Illinois, with some coming up this week.

We asked for photos of your elves being mischievous, and you didn't disappoint. Here are the submissions, and now it's time to vote for your favorites.

Maybe you're one of those people who always knows what the hottest items for Christmas are, or you're perhaps someone who couldn't care less because you're giving everyone socks and underwear. If you don't fit either of those descriptions, read on to see what Illinoisans really want to unwrap this holiday season.

Illinois may no longer lead the nation in outbound migration (a fancy term for someone leaving a state), but that doesn't mean that Illinois residents aren't looking to the most affordable spots in the state for relocation. If you had to leave where you live now, which of these Illinois cities and towns would you consider?

Tom Mosher recently took a trip to the gorge for a day full of hiking and leaf peeping. The photos he took along the way are proof enough that Red River Gorge should be the number one Kentuckian fall destination. While our minds are hyper-focused on the holidays, a good trek through some scenic countryside might help melt away the stress of the season...