There were at least a dozen rescues along the lakefront in the city and suburbs over the weekend as people flocked to the ...

Over the last few months, the future of national public lands has been precarious because of staff shortages and funding ...

Rise Pilates Club, a series of free sunrise Pilates classes led by the influencer Olivia Santelli, welcomes hundreds to ...

The Chicago Fire Department responded to around 90 calls between the extreme heat and people in distress in the water, ...

In the northern suburbs, fire departments, like Winthrop Harbor and Zion, say they are responding to water rescues but lack ...

The Fourth of July holiday is fast approaching and fireworks displays will soon light up Chicago-area skies, but which day ...

Local fire departments are warning the public of the dangers of swimming in unguarded areas of Lake Michigan, following at ...

Forty feet underground, the city's once-bustling system of freight tunnels remains. Social media videos show adventurers and thrill-seekers looking for the tunnels — but are they real?

The series was filmed in the city and created with input from Chicago writer and academic Eve L. Ewing, who helped reinvent ...

Zahrie was on a boat in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier with a group of friends, and Chicago Fire officials say she somehow fell off. The US Coast Guard found her body a mile and a half from shore. She ...

Experts are urging people to take extra caution when on Lake Michigan after multiple tragic incidents happened in the water ...