A cicada map that tracks spottings across the U.S. shows some of the highest sightings have been reported in suburbs west of Chicago, particularly near the Downers Grove area.

Illinois suburbs didn’t climb as high as places like Carmel, Indiana (No. 2) or Rochester Hills, Michigan (No. 9), but they held their own in a competitive field.

A cicada map that tracks spottings across the U.S. shows some of the highest sightings have been reported in suburbs west of Chicago, particularly near the Downers Grove area.

As a born-and-bread Chicago suburb gal, I know a thing or two about what doesn't belong on a hot dog, just how accurate the Northshore accents are on The Bear and trekking back and forth to the ...

LAKE FOREST, Illinois — Chicago-area suburbs like this one are the reason that Illinois, a state with a proud Republican history dating back to Abraham Lincoln, has turned so solidly Democratic ...