CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District is administering swim skills to aspiring lifeguard candidates on Saturday. Lifeguard candidates are required to successfully complete a 200-yard timed swim, ...

New recreation center at Field Park in Oak Park will replace an existing berm and playground, a move many neighbors opposed.

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District received the Champions for Change Award for its unique and exemplary practices.

After the executive director of the Wilmette Park District resigned in early January following the Wilmette Board of Park ...

Rockford area high school artists and other participating snow sculptors learned who won awards for their snow sculpting ...

A convenience store was hit by burglars who entered through a window shortly after midnight in the Albany Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 12:15 a.m. Saturday, officers responded ...

CHICAGO — The U.S. Secret Service said its agents visited a Chicago elementary school Friday while investigating a threat, ...