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The Chicago River has a complicated history. For more than a century, it absorbed factory waste, raw sewage, and runoff from ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will have a live feed of the midnight fireworks display over the river available in the player above as soon as it begins. Chicago will once again ring in the New Year with an epic ...

The annual dyeing of the Chicago River isn't the only green celebration on tap for the city: Several St. Patrick's Day parades step off in honor of the holiday. Here's what to know if you're in a ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's almost that time of year when the streets of Chicago fill with green – from shamrock headbands to leprechaun costumes. But ...

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 ...

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.

Whether you're looking for Chicago River tours or expeditions out onto Lake Michigan, you've got options - from sunsets to ...

A host of local contractors have placed the final beam on the project, which will feature a 500-room hotel and 3,000-seat ...