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, ...

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

While driving with friends to watch a basketball game in Washington Park in 1979, Caroline O’Boyle (Communication ’82) was ...

Steelworkers Park in South Chicago with WTTW cameraman Tim Boyd. (Marc Vitali / WTTW News) ...

After the executive director of the Wilmette Park District resigned in early January following the Wilmette Board of Park ...

An apartment on the second floor of a 6-unit condominium building was seriously damaged by fire Saturday in Orland Park.

It’s the latest development in a lengthy battle over the future of a 45-acre disposal site on the Lake Michigan shoreline.

The Illinois Park & Recreation Association Board of Directors has installed Erika Strojinc, CPRE, executive director at the Buffalo Grove Park District, as its 2025 board chair. Strojinc, a ...

Many areas got more than an inch of rain by Friday afternoon, and water management crews were keeping a close eye on levels at area stormwater storage systems.

A Moroccan man is accused of attempting to extort money from a Chicago restaurateur by using threats and violence.

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