A spontaneous midnight boat ride along the North Branch featured Chicago’s latest famed fauna. Local Lens is a series where ...

Patrick's Day and Chicago is preparing for its annual tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green, which will happen the weekend before the actual holiday. Cook County, where Chicago is located ...

The fast-moving line of storms was capable of producing destructive winds over 70 miles per hour and potential tornadoes, and ...

Chicagohenge happens on the equinoxes, when day and night are about the same length. In 2025, the event will be visible from ...

The Riverwalk will be closed starting Friday night and reopen Sunday ... which will remain open to vehicles and pedestrians. The Chicago River is dyed blue near the Michigan Avenue Bridge on ...

As befits this time of year, a wide variety of weather (80 degrees to snow) and a wide variety of fish (lakefront coho, river ...

Every year on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day, the Chicago River is dyed green. The best place to watch the Chicago River turn green is along Upper Wacker Drive between State Street and ...

CHICAGO — Thousands flooded the streets of downtown on Saturday morning to watch the Chicago River turn emerald green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day 2025. The annual tradition has been ...

A round of severe storms moved into the Chicago area Friday night, with strong winds continuing onto Saturday during St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Multiple Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm ...

Chicago’s famous green river for St. Patrick’s Day started with a simple idea in the 1960s, formulated by the head of the Plumbers’ Union Local 130. “Stephen M. Bailey had the idea when ...

A severe thunderstorm outbreak could hit the Chicago area Friday night as a line of storms crossing the Midwest reaches us, bringing damaging high winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.