The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

A teenage boy was hospitalized after being shot during a fight near 31st Street Beach Wednesday night. It happened just before 10 p.m. in the 600 block of East 31st Street Drive. Chicago police said ...

Citing “ongoing and escalating” violence at 31st Street Beach in recent weeks, 4th Ward Ald. Lamont Robinson has successfully lobbied for the early closure of the beach over the holiday weekend.

CHICAGO — Vernell Watkins could be found grilling out on the Fourth of July at 31st Street Beach, where a 9 p.m. curfew takes effect tonight, and he’s not happy about it. “It’s grown folks ...

A swimmer suffered a leg injury, possibly from a shark bite at Sunset Beach. The incident occurred Wednesday morning near the ...

Two people were shot and killed overnight Friday near 31st Street Beach — the second deadly shooting in the area this week — and an alderman is now calling for an early closure of the popular ...

31st Street Beach and the Red Summer of 1919. Clip: Special | 4m 45s Video has Closed Captions | CC. On July 27, 1919, Eugene Williams, a Black 17-year-old boy playing in Lake Michigan at a beach ...

The Chicago Park District will close 31st Street beach at 9 p.m. Thursday night through the holiday weekend. Breaking 1 known survivor after Air India Boeing 787 plane crashes, officials say.

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The curfew at 31st Street Beach was set in place after several shootings took place near the beach over the last two weeks of June. "After the holiday, we will assess every day if we need to ...

CHICAGO — Vernell Watkins could be found grilling out on the Fourth of July at 31st Street Beach, where a 9 p.m. curfew takes effect tonight, and he’s not happy about it. “It’s grown folks ...