Illinois is getting set to close on property that officials want to buy to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes ...

A Chicago police officer shot a person who had turned his gun on officers late Saturday night in Austin on the city’s West Side, according to a preliminary investigation by the ...

Thirty-three years later, Chicago River cleanup reveals healthier water, fewer bags of trash, and more wildlife.

Chicago River Cleanup event was held Saturday morning and this year’s event attracted the most volunteers ever.

Organizers said nearly 3,000 volunteers – including families, community groups, and corporate teams – fanned out along the ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Despite more than $4 billion in federal investment to restore the Great Lakes and its toxic sites since 2010, the Detroit ...

Plans for a park honoring Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago's first non-native settler, took a step forward this month.

10th annual Fox River cleanup to be held in Elgin Saturday State Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, and Friends of the Fox River are joining forces for the 10th year in hosting a Fox River cleanup from 9 ...

The 32nd annual Ottawa River Clean Up set a new high-water mark for participation in recent years. "We have a record sign-up [in the past five years] of 162," Ottawa River Coalition Executive ...

The cleanup project was scheduled for today and tomorrow. Due to the flooding river, the cleanup has been cancelled. A new date will be announced soon. Residents committed to the cleanup in droves ...

It was part of the West End Revitalization and Clean River Advisory Council's Earth Day Tree Planting and Cleanup. "I'm out here meeting people in my local community," Hollister said as she piled ...