Several fire departments are imploring local and state officials to fund necessary resources for the Winthrop beach front.

Chicago police chase a group of teens who got into a fight at North Avenue Beach Friday afternoon. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Within hours after all 22 of Chicago’s beaches opened Friday ...

As a young boy, Vance Wyatt learned the hard way why the North Chicago beach was shuttered over a century ago. Though closed to swimmers when he was 8 or 9 in the late 1990s, Wyatt, now the ...

Located in Lincoln Park directly on Lake Michigan, North Avenue Beach is one of the most popular swimming spots in Chicago. The sandy beach has volleyball courts, plenty of space for visitors to ...

A Chicago beach was closed hours after it ... The fight broke out among a group of 80 to 100 teenagers at North Avenue Beach around 1:30 p.m., police said. During the fracas, someone pulled ...

The Chicago Park District is also responsible for 27 indoor pools, 50 outdoor pools, and 28 miles of lakefront including 22 swimming beaches plus one inland beach. From canoeing to soccer fields ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS) -- A stretch of beach in suburban North Chicago was supposed to be packed with families for the holiday weekend, for the first time in a 100 years. But now it's not.

A video shared with the Tribune shows a police car quickly drive past a group of children playing outside Latin School of Chicago, which is just southwest of the beach at 59 W. North Blvd.

Mary Norkol/Sun-Times Share What started as a relatively peaceful and joyous evening at North Avenue Beach ended in bloodshed that had Chicago Police Supt. David Brown once again urging people not ...

One of Chicago's favorite beach bars has a new ... Castaways Beach Club is located at North Avenue Beach, at 1603 N.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- North Avenue Beach reopened several hours after a fight that resulted in shots fired, Chicago police said Friday. About 80 to 100 teenagers were gathered at the beach around 1:30 ...