Cheez-It-themed rest stop features pump that fills your car with crackers

Attention Cheez-It fans: The “biggest, cheeziest roadside attraction” has opened for a limited time. Here’s how to get your fill.

Smart vacation planning without breaking the bank
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If you want to travel, but think inflation will derail your vacation plans, Dr. Ann Kaplan has some times on how to get away without breaking the bank.

White Castle holding best Slider recipe contest offering free food for a year

Do you have a good White Castle Slider recipe? The fast food chain wants you to enter into its recipe contest to win free food and other "swag."

Free meals for kids in Aurora available all summer long

The Northern Illinois Food Bank will offer free, nutritious boxed meals at four Aurora parks starting Monday, June 5, through Friday, August 11.

Watch: Houseboats go up in flames at marina on Arizona-Utah border

More than half a dozen house boats momentarily caught fire at a popular boating destination on the Utah-Arizona line on Friday, igniting while tourists and jet skiers stood by before the flames were extinguished.

Raging Waves: Largest waterpark in Illinois opens for the season

This year, Raging Waves has added new mobile ticket redemption, new decking and lounge chairs, and additional seating and shady areas.

Fitness Friday: Finding freedom with 'Femmes + Themmes Bike Chicago'
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Femmes and Themmes Bike Chicago creates a space where people are accepted and celebrated while they cultivate their fitness journey. The group offers what many needed. Over 50 people came out for the first ride.

Visitors to Chicago rose 60% in 2022, tourism group says
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With the summer travel season officially underway, Chicago?s tourism promoters said Thursday that the city is continuing its rebound in visitor spending and visitation compared with pandemic lows.

Fewer US babies born in 2022 amid record-low birth rates for young moms

Births to moms 35 and older continued to rise. But those gains were offset by low birth rates to moms in their teens and early 20s, the CDC said.