Steam rising off Lake Michigan and the Chicago River Friday morning made for a stunning sight as the city saw its coldest temperatures in years. With air temperatures below zero and wind chills ...

This amazing video shows the Chicago River is partially frozen as plummeting temperatures continue in the city. The area can ...

Hundreds of swimmers made history on Sunday, plunging into the Chicago River for the first organized swim in nearly a century. About 300 participants completed a milelong, looping course in what was ...

The Chicago River was once a heavily polluted mess, a source of deadly diseases like cholera and typhoid fever. The waterway was so dirty that engineers famously reversed its direction in 1900 so it ...

Hundreds of swimmers in Chicago joined the first open-water event on the Chicago River in a century, celebrating the city's progress in restoring a waterway once considered a toxic wasteland. Cities ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

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For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A lost dog is back safe at home, thanks to Chicago police. Officers came to Faroe's rescue after a boater spotted her in a drainpipe on the Chicago River on Saturday. Her owner saw an ...

🎧Hear the sound of hundreds of Chicagoans joining together in a “Hallelujah” moment by clicking the play button above. Chicago just spent another week in the national spotlight, as President Donald ...