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The Chicago Park District said it has launched an investigation after a lifeguard was charged with shooting two teenagers, one fatally, at Douglass Park in an incident last week. The park district ...
A lifeguard accused of shooting two teens last week, killing one, resigned from the Chicago Park District in lieu of being ...
Ever since the Riot Fest punk rock festival moved from Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood to North Lawndale’s Douglass Park ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Park District held a youth golf program on Saturday. Organizers said the goal was not just about involvement in sports, it was also ...
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Architecture 120-year-old Jackson Park pavilion sits as a park district ruin The historic structure, designed by D.H. Burnham & Company, must be restored.
A Robinson R44 helicopter made an emergency landing on Jackson Park Golf Course in Chicago around 6:20 p.m. local time on Monday, March 10. Three people were on board. The FAA will investigate.
Chicago Park District $600M budget includes fee hikes but stable property taxes Fans prepare for Metallica’s entrance on stage at a Metallica concert at Soldier Field in Chicago on Aug. 9, 2024.
As the General Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District, Rosa Escareño manages one of the largest park systems in the country. The $475M system has nearly 9,000 acres of parkland, more than ...
Raoul said the Ebony Ladies Golf League’s has seen a surge in membership since 2022, going from 46 ladies to 81 total members. “Many of them did not ever pick up a golf club,” she added.
Earlier this year, the Highland Park Park District announced a new indoor pickleball and padel facility also on Skokie Valley Road, expected to open in the winter of 2024-2025.
The Rockford Park District streamlined by closing Elliot, one of its four 18-hole courses, after 53 years in 2021. Westlake Village closed (before re-opening in August 2022).
While some of Chicago's most famous fireworks displays won't be happening this Fourth of July, that doesn't mean you won't be able to see some explosions in the sky for Independence Day.