For years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers insisted that extending the landfill was the best option. But after a lengthy ...

But as an 85-year-old Chicago native, he remembers a time before the lakefront became a present-day summertime heaven — a time when it was the site of the public fight for racial integration. Right ...

Thousands of fearless people jumped into Lake Michigan on Sunday to help raise money for Special Olympics athletes.

A storm could move through the Chicago area Friday night bringing severe weather. Temperatures could reach the 70s during the ...

For one mile, rollerblading along the lakefront has its Goldilocks moment. It’s easier to hop off the path in this area—and you’ll want to. There are the concrete beaches with few visitors, Morgan ...

The dilapidated Johnson Inn still stands on a valuable Porter Beach lakefront parcel almost two years after the town of ...

"Thunder Domes" is bringing saunas to the lakefront. The private beach saunas are available to rent now. It's called the "Fire and Ice Sauna Experience." ABC7 Chicago was joined Friday by Matt ...

Photo credit: Patrick Pyszka, City of Chicago Every summer, crowds flock to the lakefront to see vintage and modern aircraft fly over Lake Michigan in the annual Chicago Air and Water Show.