The Green River High School Boys Swimming and Diving team is prepping for their 2025-2026 season. They started official practices earlier this week on Monday. Head Coach Colleen Seiloff has the deck ...

A Pennsylvania boy died after disappearing in a river while swimming with friends, according to officials. Photo from the Donora Fire Company. A Pennsylvania family is mourning the death of a ...

A 12-year-old western Pennsylvania boy drowned over the weekend after going swimming with friends. The body of Rontae Lester of Donora, Washington County, was found about 4½ hours after he disappeared ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Want to swim in the Chicago River? Now’s your chance! The Chicago River Swim (CRS) is officially coming back in September and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 10 a.m. The ...

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted that locals were at risk of falling ill, there’s a push by swimmers to get back into the ...

Event organizers say they hope the race will shatter public perceptions of the river as being polluted, while raising money for ALS research and youth swimming lessons. Chicago Tonight is available to ...