Every year as part of the city's St. Patrick's Day celebrations, thousands of onlookers clad in green cheer on a boat crew ...

In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

The weekend before St. Patrick's Day means a pair of parades and the annual dyeing of the Chicago River to turn it bright ...

On the day of the 2024 St. Patrick’s parade, none of the tagged fish rushed to find shelter from their suddenly green surroundings.

A large beaver spotted in Bubbly Creek on the southwest branch of the Chicago River has sparked a citywide naming effort after a viral Reddit post from the nonprofit Urban Rivers. Conservationists say ...

As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one possibly pregnant beaver captivated Chicagoans. Her name ...

Historical society presents program on Kankakee Marsh. The Kankakee Valley Historical Society presents “Whatever Happened to ...

The Chicago flag tells a story in its stars and stripes, and there is meaning behind each of the elements of the iconic banner.

A widespread and dangerous severe weather outbreak is expected to develop Friday and into the weekend as a powerful storm ...

By Tim Ruzek Just before the iron-truss bridge, a pickup stopped in December 1952 to allow a bus to go through the narrow ...