Riley O'Neil

1 week ago | 967theeagle.net | Riley O'Neil

It's perfectly okay if you know what a scam is but don't know what a "car-wrap scam" might be. There are thousands of different scams currently being worked by people whose entire existence is devoted to stealing money and information from unsuspecting victims, and it's almost impossible to keep yourself informed on all of them. First off, car-wrapping can be defined like this:Car wrapping, also known as vehicle wrapping, is the process of covering a car's exterior with a vinyl graphic film.

2 weeks ago | 1440wrok.com | Riley O'Neil

An annual study by US News & World Report that takes a look at 250 cities across the nation and rates them in various categories has just been released, and some Illinois cities came out looking really good this year. Normally, the annual study covers 150 cities, but this time, US News & World Report expanded their numbers to 250 cities, and they expanded their data to evaluate more than 850 cities to publish the 250 best places.

3 weeks ago | 967theeagle.net | Riley O'Neil

Like many people when they're younger, I wanted to move to California. Sunshine, beaches, movie stars, Baywatch lifeguards--you name it, the Golden State had it, or so I thought. To quote the late, great Jimmy Buffet, California also has riots, fires, and mudslides.

3 weeks ago | wdbqam.com | Riley O'Neil

These are the first recalls we've seen in Illinois in a long time that didn't include the words salmonella, E. coli, listeria, foreign materials, or glass fragments. To be fair, all of those recalls involved food products, and the recalls we're talking about here are all automotive-related. When there's a food recall, everybody eats so everybody is interested in a food product being taken off the shelves at grocery stores. Pretty much the same is true when it comes to vehicles.

1 month ago | 1520theticket.com | Riley O'Neil

You may or may not have thought about this before, but how long do you think it would take you after you've won an enormous lottery jackpot to reach out to the Illinois Lottery and claim your prize money? A week, a month, six months---or would you wait until you're about to lose it at the one-year deadline before saying something?