For the first time in nearly a century, hundreds of swimmers plunged into the Chicago River over the weekend. Here's why.
The prospect of holding an open water swim on the Cuyahoga River would likely be years away, that's if anyone is thinking of ...
Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown. It was the first time in 95 years that the Chicago River hosted an official open swim. After years of ...
Decades of work to clean the Chicago River culminated with the first swim in almost 100 years. It was the latest sign of how ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Following a recent open-water swim in the once-polluted Chicago River, the question was raised whether ...
The TikTok creator, who set out for a simple swim with her three dogs at the river, was left speechless when an abandoned ...
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.
More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the ...
About 300 swimmers participated in the event, marveling at the clean water and festive atmosphere. Event organizers say ...
Over two decades after a band bus dumped hundreds of pounds of human waste into the river, the Chicago River Swim raised $150,000 for ALS research and swim education programs.
Emergency responders recovered the body of a 30-year-old New Jersey man who drowned while swimming across the Delaware River during a family outing.