What would something named a “corpse flower” smell like? It smells like meat, gone bad or, more pointedly, a rotting corpse. The plant species is pretty rare across the globe and one of them is right here in Illinois, at the Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens in Rockford.

On the 21st: How does child poverty in Illinois compare to the rest of the country? Also, the corpse flower in Charleston's getting ready to bloom; and Hamilton the Musical comes to Illinois.