The iconic green dye that transforms the Chicago River remains visible well after the event has ended. Watch the river live.

St. Patrick's Day brings green decorations, outfits and even beer, so it's only fitting that the nation's county with the most Irish people take it a step further and dye a waterway green.

The dyeing immediately precedes the annual downtown St. Patrick's Day parade. The day — which falls on Monday this year — celebrates Irish culture. St. Patrick is the patron s ...

Top-notch bass anglers Ryan Whitacre and Josh Sokol had quite the day fishing in the dyed-green Chicago River in front of ...

The dye is nontoxic, and while the river only stays bright for several hours, some trace of color can remain for days.

Crowds began forming early Saturday morning in downtown Chicago to kick off the city’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, with thousands lining Wacker Drive from Wolf Point to DuSable Lake Shore Drive ...

The Chicago River was running bright green on Saturday, as it does every St. Patrick's Day weekend. Thankfully, the high winds in the forecast died down as the dye went into the water ahead of the ...

In Chicago, the festivities for St. Patrick's Day kicked off with the Chicago River being dyed green, a tradition that marks its 70th anniversary ...

It's my first time here. I mean, I usually, I come to the um to school here in the city and but like I've never been like, you know, my time living in Illinois came to the river dying. It was ...

The iconic dyeing of the Chicago River got underway at 10 a.m. Saturday. It is a 60-year-old Chicago tradition. The Journeymen Local Plumbers Local Union 130 members were in boats as the dyeing ...