"Had they had those [swimming] skills, maybe we would be looking at a different situation,” said Kayden and Joyclyn Grant's stepmom Gofundme.com Siblings Kayden and Joyclyn Grant drowned on July 31 in ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

CHICAGO (WGN) – Want to swim in the Chicago River? Now’s your chance! The Chicago River Swim (CRS) is officially coming back in September and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 10 a.m. The ...

Before hundreds of swimmers are set to jump into the Chicago River in September, organizers and advocates say they are taking a “victory lap” of their own. To address safety, organizers said they will ...

Hundreds of swimmers will dive into the first open water swim in the Chicago River in almost a century this fall. The landmark event, set for Sept. 21, will celebrate the city’s environmental progress ...

CHICAGO – Every year, the plumbers' union dyes it green. The Dave Matthews Band once infamously dumped 800 pounds of poop into it. And at least one section became known for the bubbles produced by ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

Woohoo! Memorial Day weekend. Schools are winding down. Swimming pools are ready for the jumping in, and the lakes will be full of boats taking in some of Texas' water playgrounds. Already this year, ...

The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles. Mohammed Aliyu, 11, ...