Since Friday, reports have come in of over 100 dead birds along the lakefront and scattered as far inland as a mall in Skokie ...

Registration is now open for Polar Plunge Chicago, benefiting Special Olympics Illinois, presented by Special Children's ...

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025.

Vincent had undergone radiation and chemotherapy for bladder cancer and developed complications that included bleeding, ...

Evanston's dog beach was closed until further notice, officials said Saturday afternoon, after firefighters rescued two dogs ...

Born in Southern California, George Miller used to hate the cold. Now the life coach is evangelizing the restorative powers of cold water therapy.

The Jimmy Butler saga in Miami took a turn for the worst on Monday when the Heat suspended him indefinitely after Butler ...

Phil McGraw, the television host known as "Dr. Phil," embedded with ICE agents in Chicago to film raids as Trump ramps up ...

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BEACH PARK, Ill. (CBS ... Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District is administering swim skills to aspiring lifeguard candidates on Saturday. Lifeguard candidates are required to successfully complete a 200-yard timed swim, ...

BEACH PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- Investigators late Monday were trying to figure out what sparked that engulfed a mobile home in Beach Park. The fire was burning around 2 p.m. in a unit in the Beach Park ...