record setting

For many Illinoisans, this Thanksgiving holiday weekend will be over the river, through the woods, going through TSA checkpoints, paying tolls, and waiting in traffic to get to grandmother's house, as a record amount of people will be traveling one way or another.

You would think with Chicago's crime problems, featured prominently in news stories around the world, tourists would be staying away in droves. You would also be wrong, as it turns out.

As I have pointed out previously in this space, I have a problem with heights. Always have had, always will, I'm afraid. I don't have a problem with speed, or twists and turns, but if we're going to go higher than about 10 feet, you'll have to count me out...

As of 5:30pm (GMT), Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest ruling monarch, taking over the title from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who, according to a release from Buckingham Palace, reigned for precisely 23,226 days, 16 hours, and 23 minutes...

Visitors to Winnebago county have set a record. In particular, a spending record. How does a $340 million injection into the local economy sound? Thanks to a 6.3% increase over the year before, we have enjoyed the highest percentage increase in tourism of all the state's major metro areas...

(Warning, some language is NSFW) You might be looking at a record-setting tornado. The huge tornado that ripped through Manitoba on Monday was on the ground for almost 3 hours, and miraculously, no one was killed. From USA Today: The longest tornado recorded is the infamous Tri-State tornado that lasted for about 3...

It appears, after a long, cold winter, Rockford was more than ready to start the spring/summer season by showing up in record numbers to the opening night of Rockford City Market last Friday. From our friends at The Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (RACVB): Rockford City Market opened its 6th season on Friday, May 22 to a night of record-breaking attendance...

The Wall Street Journal has a piece on a 60 story ultra-luxury apartment building in Chicago called OneEleven. What makes OneEleven noteworthy? The fact that it just sold for $328.2 million, or about $650,000 per unit. That shatters records across the country, making it the highest price ever paid for an apartment building over 50 units...