Before NASCAR’s drivers take center stage in Grant Park this weekend, some local teens got their shot to race today. WBBM’s ...

Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. said he’s weighing running for congress or taking a private sector job after 30 years on the City Council.

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...

Team, a Chicago Park District lifeguard who allegedly shot two teens, one fatally, at a West Side park claimed they attacked ...

A fire department source said the shooter was a lifeguard who was fixing a bike before he sprang up and began shooting.

And, just as the Windy City is about to boil, all 50 Chicago Park District swimming pools are open to the public as of this ...

Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks: ‘people champion their parks.’ ...

How Chicago beaches are rapid tested for safe swimming Chicago beaches are tested for bacteria every day during the summer season to make sure it's safe for swimmers to get in.

“Dangerously hot and humid” conditions are moving into the Chicago area this weekend, potentially pushing the heat index as high as 105 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.