CHICAGO (WLS) -- The State Street Bridge over the Chicago River will stay closed, until at least the end of next month. The ...

Chicago gears up for New Year's Eve with free fireworks over the River and live performances. See more event details inside.

Thousands of people packed the Chicago Riverwalk on Wednesday for the city's first-ever nationally televised New Year's Eve ...

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Open water swimmers will return to the Chicago River for the first time in over 98 years, after officials approved plans for a new Chicago River Swim race. The last organized open water swimming event ...

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 ...

More than 100 years ago, Chicago became home to an engineering feat: The flow of the Chicago River was reversed, diverting sewage from flowing into Lake Michigan, the city’s source of drinking water.

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 ...

This item was pulled from the Chicago River in rough condition, written off as scrap by most people. Restoring it took time, ...

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 ...