Sometimes I see a statistic that makes no sense to me at all. This one does. It's a stunning survey that shows an alarming number of Missouri residents who are skipping meals just to pay for housing.
It's been one of the more popular snacks for Missouri kids for years yet there's now a major outcry after numerous were discovered to have high levels of heavy metals that have been connected to bone and kidney disease.
I've never had a burger that I would describe as 'metal' and perhaps that's why I'm missing out. One epic Illinois burger was just ranked among the 10 best burgers in America and it really does rock - almost literally. TV food celebrity Guy Fieri thinks so, too.
Cheese elitists are on the warpath against what is easily the most popular cheese brand in Missouri. They are on a campaign to convince the Show Me State to avoid it at all costs. If you could see me now, you would see me rolling my eyes.
A massive merger of grocery store chains that included many locations in Illinois is now on immediate hold thanks to concern from government regulators.