Hey everyone, I'm Mark. I was born in Chicago and raised in the suburbs. Most nights you can find me drinking a Miller Lite and watching the Bears, Bulls, Cubs, or Hawks. I am obsessed with my dachshund, Murphy, and am not afraid to tell you about it! I graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in Acting and later graduated from The Second City in Chicago where I pursued my passion for comedy. I come to Quincy and KICK-FM after hosting a morning show in Macomb, Illinois. And I am a lover of history and random facts, so please feel free reach out and connect with me!
Mark Hespen
A Missouri Brewery is being called one of the Hottest in America
Breweries are exploding all across the country and there is one in Missouri that is getting a tone of love from a big-time website, and I just added it to my list of must-go places in the Show-Me State.
Get a Free Vanilla Shake at Arby’s if you Dare
You can get a FREE Vanilla shake at Arby's soon BUT it will cost you... your tastebuds.
Illinois has two of the top 20 hospitals in the United States
Over 5,000 hospitals nationwide were evaluated for this list but only 20 made the list of the Best Hospitals in 2021-2022, and two of them are here in the Land of Lincoln.
Iowa State Fair announces two Mega Country Stars as Headliners
The Iowa State Fair already has two of the biggest country stars in the world booked for their 2022 grandstand line-up, and tickets go on sale this week!
One Missouri town has the record for highest & lowest temperature
While it may be cold outside now, it isn't close to the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in the Show-Me State of Missouri, which happened in the same town as the highest temperature recorded in Missouri.
Legalized Cannabis is now a Billion Dollar Industry in Illinois
The numbers are shockingly high for legalized marijuana sales in Illinois, in such a short period of time cannabis sales have doubled and now it is officially a billion-dollar industry in the Land of Lincoln.
Did you know Illinois has more parks than 43 other states?
When it comes to parks there are very few states that have more than the Land of Lincoln, Illinois is a leader when it comes to parks for its people.
There is one man to blame for Chicago being a part of Illinois
If you are one of the people who hate that Chicago is a part of Illinois, and thinks that Illinois would be better off without Chicago, then you need to complain to Nathaniel Pope because he is to blame.
If you’re raising a family in Illinois where do you need to live?
Having a family is a big decision, deciding where to raise that family is an even bigger decision, one website ranked the top counties in Illinois to raise a family, and here is what they found.
Winter in Illinois is apparently worse than winter in Alaska
A website has ranked how miserable winters are in every state, and apparently, winter is more miserable in Illinois than in Alaska.