The Chicago Park District has filed a petition to transfer the responsibility to care for an 1890s-era Viking ship to a non-profit after more than 90 ...
This summer, Chicago beach-goers won't have to worry about being locked out of Lake Michigan's shores over water contamination. The Chicago Park D...
When the Environmental Protection agency announced Monday that they would extend more than $2.6 million in grant funding to the Great Lakes Restoratio...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday ordered city sister agency employees to immediately stop using government-issued credit cards, after his office learned t...
This afternoon, the Chicago Park District finally announced the schedule for their 2011 Movies in the Park season. These free events will kick off on ...
After putting one of its biggest summertime festivals up for bid to private companies, the city of Chicago has decided to keep the extravaganza in hou...
Fred Rice Jr. was a gentleman, a scholar and a police officer: the first African American to serve as the Superintendent of Chicago's Police Department.
The forecast is calling for snow this weekend, making it a picture-perfect time time to lace up your skates and hit the ice. From Millennium Park to ...
Mayor Richard Daley may be leaving office next May, but the man who's spent twenty years crafting Chicago's image has one more facelift in the bag. Th...
A 25-year veteran Chicago Park District supervisor has been fired from his $56,500-a-year job for allegedly permitting a nude male dancer to perform a...
Rahm Emanuel's decision to return to Chicago reflects the most troubling aspect of Chicago politics: the notion that the city needs a dictator and the only important challenge is finding a new one.
After all the drama last week over the fate of Gabriel Levinson's Book Bike, cooler heads have prevailed and we now have a happy ending. The Chicago P...
The future of the Book Bike is not looking good. A Chicago Park District official approached Gabriel Levinson and his custom-built bike full of free b...
Gerald Vernon says he did everything he should have to obtain a permit to hold a meeting at the Tuley Park field house on the south side. He told the ...
Swimmers beware: Many of Chicago's beaches are again under watch for bacteria. The Park District issued swim advisories for 10 beaches. ...
Chicago's biggest concert event is getting even bigger. Organizers of Lollapalooza, the three-day rock music fest in Grant Park, are expanding the ...
It's going to be a warm and clear weekend in Chicago (well, according to weather.com) and there is no shortage of things to do. If metal on Chicago ...
The Chicago Park District may contribute $20 million toward the construction of a canoe and kayak slalom course should the city win its bid for the 20...
Free lakefront parking will be gone after the summer, if not a little before, Chicago Park District officials said Tuesday. The private operator Stan...
Alderman Joe Moore (D-49) will provide the Park District with $89,000 a year for three years to prevent his constituents from paying overnight parking...
Sea changes could be coming to Chicago's iconic lakefront landscape if an advocacy group gets its way. A plan released Tuesday by the non-profit Frie...
For the first time, Chicagoans with dusty surfboards in their garages or basements can start thinking about legally hanging 10 in Lake Michigan, perha...
Duffers are being promised better city golf courses under a new contract OKd Wednesday by the Chicago Park District board. The six courses, two minia...
Days after C3 Presents staged the Election Night celebration here for Barack Obama, officials announced Thursday a plan to allow the Austin, Tex.-base...
Beachgoers will no longer be able to park for free along the lakefront under the Chicago Park District's proposed budget for 2009, officials said toda...
