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

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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Sunday morning's Chicago River Swim marks the first time since 1927 that a sanctioned open-water swim has been held in the river. The event is also a fundraiser for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) research ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Members of the Chicago Police Department's Marine Unit came to the rescue of a dog seen stranded in a Chicago River drainpipe. The department said a witness aboard a boat in the ...