CHICAGO (WLS) -- In another sign of the Chicago area reopening, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced the return of some vendors to the Chicago Riverwalk. Beginning Friday, the city will implement a ...

Hundreds of swimmers will plunge into the Chicago River this weekend for the first competitive open-water river event in nearly a century. Assuming water quality meets standards, one- and two-mile ...

It was a warm day in the city for the 2025 Chicago Ducky Derby in support of Special Olympics Illinois programming. Spectators crowded along the riverfront walk and bridges for a glimpse of that ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The countdown is on for Sunday's much anticipated high-wire walk over the Chicago River as Nik Wallenda is preparing for his latest stunt. "I live by three words - never give up. And ...

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 ...

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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.

Chicago is a Midwest destination positively brimming with some of the world's best architecture. From turn-of-the-century masterpieces by Louis Sullivan, known as "the father of skyscrapers," to the ...