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The owners of a restaurant on Chicago’s Riverwalk say they’re being forced to walk away after the city didn’t renew their contract, raising the ire of officials.
Officials were afraid funding might be postponed since President Donald Trump and Gov. JB Pritzker have been sniping at each ...
HAMMOND — Government lawyers allege an oil re-refinery plant with a location in East Chicago violated the Clean ... funneled into the Grand Calumet River before officials could contain it ...
It was part of the West End Revitalization and Clean River Advisory Council's Earth Day Tree Planting and Cleanup. "I'm out here meeting people in my local community," Hollister said as she piled ...
A Chicago police officer shot a person who had turned his gun on officers late Saturday night in Austin on the city’s West Side, according to a preliminary investigation by the ...
Thirty-three years later, Chicago River cleanup reveals healthier water, fewer bags of trash, and more wildlife.
Chicago River Cleanup event was held Saturday morning and this year’s event attracted the most volunteers ever.
Organizers said nearly 3,000 volunteers – including families, community groups, and corporate teams – fanned out along the ...
Despite more than $4 billion in federal investment to restore the Great Lakes and its toxic sites since 2010, the Detroit ...
SAYREVILLE – Two lawmakers are asking NL Industries to commit a full cleanup of contaminated material in the Raritan River near the company’s former titanium dioxide facility. The letter ...
Plans for a park honoring Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago's first non-native settler, took a step forward this month.
The Earth Day Charles River Cleanup, hosted annually since 1999, is one of the largest river cleanups in the county. As a part of the American Rivers’ National River Cleanup initiative, it aims to get ...