The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was dug to help change the flow of the Chicago River when it opened in 1900. Now the ...

Chicago has approved its first open-water swim in the Chicago River in nearly a century, with the 2025 Chicago River Swim set ...

Mendocino Farms, the California-born sandwich chain, will officially make its Chicago debut later this month. The company’s ...

These eight destinations — from Lake Michigan to the banks of the DuPage River — will introduce young beginners to the magic ...

In partnership with Hyfi and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Verizon announced its floodwater sensors in the city of ...

Today, in partnership with Hyfi and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Verizon launches its floodwater sensors in the ...

Summer 2025 has already been a scorcher, with much of the eastern half of the nation enduring weeks of high heat and tropical ...

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois. Cpl. Dallas ...

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...

The annual Chicago Ducky Derby will hit the Chicago River Thursday afternoon. More than 75,000 rubber ducks will race down the river for the event presented by Special Olympics Illinois and Jewel-Osco ...

The Mincing Rascals this week are Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys, and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy ...