The Chicago Park District this month clipped short the swimming season at 11 outdoor swimming pools, highlighting a disparity in the number of operating days at pools across the city, a Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District, along with other swimming pools worldwide, is attempting to help set a new Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Swimming Lesson. The event is being ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A swim ban imposed at several Chicago's beaches on Sunday following heavy rains was lifted at about 4 p.m., according to a Chicago Park District tweet. The ban was imposed due to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago Park District announced Thursday that it will keep a collection of pools and beaches open until Labor Day this year as part of a phased end-of-summer pool plan. “We work to ...

Chicago is facing another dangerously hot weekend, as the city is changing up how much longer the public can head to the pools. Fifteen Chicago Park District pools will be closing by Sunday. However, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The unofficial end of summer has come and gone and with that, the end of beach season in Chicago. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to head to any of the city’s beaches post ...

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Dundee Township Park District’s plan to seek voter approval for a tax referendum to pay for a new swimming pool and other amenities has been postponed until an evaluation can be done of its total ...