CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District has pushed back the opening of 49 outdoor neighborhood pools amid a shortage of lifeguards. The park district was supposed to open the city's outdoor pools ...

When the 50 outdoor pools run by the Chicago Park District open Saturday they will offer 7-day access for the first time in six years, but the season will end mid-August — when the city is usually hit ...

The Chicago Park District this month clipped short the swimming season at 11 outdoor swimming pools, highlighting a disparity in the number of operating days at pools across the city, a Chicago ...

A Chicago Park District lifeguard working at a community pool was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of two teenagers last week, with attorneys saying ...

Two teenagers shot over the summer at the Douglass Park pool were “unarmed and never threatened,” the former Chicago Park District lifeguard charged with opening fire, according to a new lawsuit.

Summer got off to a slow, cool start, but the heat has arrived — with temperatures projected to hit the 90s this weekend and UV levels soaring. For many Chicagoans, that means one thing: Pool season ...

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A Chicago Park District lifeguard was ordered held until trial Sunday on charges stemming from shooting two teenagers — one of them a cousin of Laquan McDonald — near the Douglass Park swimming pool ...

A teenager shot and killed at Douglass Park last month will be laid to rest on Wednesday. A Chicago Park District lifeguard is accused of killing 15-year-old Marjay Dotson, and shooting 14-year-old ...

CHICAGO (TNND) — A lifeguard in Chicago was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of two teenagers, according to reports. Surveillance ...