When Bally’s won the competitive bidding process nearly three years ago to build Chicago’s first casino, it pledged to give ...

As Chicago prepares to ring in 2025, thousands are putting on their sparkly dresses and party hats and heading downtown to ...

The storied shipping channel featured in "The Blues Brothers" helped build the Sears Tower but has long been polluted and ...

Cool photo of the eagle on the North Side and a question on releasing a pet turtle into the wilds are among the notes from ...

Marvin Fournier launched two canoes off a city park boat dock on a recent December afternoon, as he has done countless times ...

As Chicago prepares to ring in 2025, thousands are putting on their sparkly dresses and party hats and heading downtown to ...

1942: The Chicago Bears — who won the 1941 championship — defeated a team of NFL all-stars 35-24 on a “dreary, chilly ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bally's Casino Chicago met with prospective card dealers on Saturday. Applicants with no card dealing experience took a short math assessment and may go on to a six-week card dealing ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

For more than 150 years, the Calumet River has been a vital part of the Chicago economy. It’s also polluted and not welcoming to recreational users. While it may take decades, a planning process ...

It was incredible.” Fournier discovered the magic of the river 15 years ago when he started leading canoe trips with Friends of the Chicago River. He’s one of several volunteer guides underpin ...

It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings every year.