Along With Chicago Riverwalk, Wendella Tour Boats Open For Cruises
As Chicago's Riverwalk reopens, so too does another longtime river tradition: the Wendella tour boats begin operating on Friday.
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As Chicago's Riverwalk reopens, so too does another longtime river tradition: the Wendella tour boats begin operating on Friday.
A woman who was walking her dog jumped into action going into the Chicago River to save a drowning man, and the dramatic moments were all caught on camera.
Emergency workers and Good Samaritans raced to the Chicago River downtown Thursday to save a man in the water.
For the third year in a row, Chicago has seen more than 8 inches of rain in May, with a record 8.3 inches so far this month, following two major rainstorms in the past week.
According to the National Weather Service, more rain fell in Chicago between Thursday and Sunday than during 1,759 of the 1,792 months of rainfall on record.
But Friends of the Chicago River said the removal of trees in Legion Park is just the first step in a project that will actually improve the neighborhood.
You'd think a twister went through Legion Park on the city's Northwest Side – with hundreds of trees leveled.
An additional 1,300 officers will be deployed across the city on New Year's Eve, to help handle any trouble if it pops up.
It's that time of year, Chicago's cruise vessels are leaving the Chicago River and heading to their winter homes.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said "dolphin" pilings -- wood bumpers to protect the bridge supports from boats -- caught fire on the north end of the bridge late Friday morning.
The City of Chicago is just weeks away from wrapping up the E-scooter pilot program. Since the launch there have been some bumps along the way with riders getting hurt and scooters and up in odd places, including, most recently, the Chicago River.
Dozens of people jumped into the Chicago River Saturday morning, to show just how clean it is.
A body was found floating in the Chicago River under the DuSable Bridge at Michigan Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
A man was rescued after falling into the Chicago River early Sunday morning.
Two bodies were found in the Chicago River about an hour apart Friday morning, about two miles away from each other.
Where were you when, on this day in 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped hundreds of pounds of human waste into the Chicago River?
The 14th annual Ducky Derby on the Chicago River, which raises money for the Special Olympics, begins with a family festival at 10 a.m. near the Michigan Avenue bridge.
Cubs slugger Kris Bryant spent part of his final day off for the All-Star break hitting baseballs into the Chicago River.
The charges also allege the person acting as captain did not have proper Coast Guard credentials.
The body of 22-year-old Esteban Uriostigue, who had been missing since Friday, was recovered from the Chicago River on Tuesday near the Webster Avenue bridge.
The 22-year-old man jumped into the river to try to retrieve his boat, after it came untied from the dock and started drifting away.
The Police Marine Unit discovered the body around 1:40 a.m. in the river near the Halsted Street bridge.
Two people on a WaveRunner fell into the Chicago River and were rescued by an architecture tour boat Saturday afternoon.
The new and improved downtown riverwalk officially opens for the season Monday.
The City of Chicago kicked off the 2019 boating season with its first boat run Saturday morning, raising 27 bridges from South Ashland Avenue to Lake Shore Drive.
