The water is already on at some Chicago Park District splash pads, just in time to provide relief from summer’s first heat wave.

Friday marks the unofficial start to summer, with the city’s lakefront beaches opening for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

More than 1,100 people participated in the contest, submitting more than 3,200 options. A committee narrowed the choices down to three finalists.

The Chicago Park District has erected barriers at the Southeast Side park where a pair of eaglets and their parents are nesting.

For the first time in more than 100 years, a bald eagle has been born inside the city’s limits, the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday.

Jackson Park’s cherry trees are beginning to blossom, a South Side rite of spring that’s as bewitching as it is unpredictable.

The change was suggested at Wednesday’s meeting of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners.

To address “long-standing registration frustrations,” the district announced the first wave of improvements to the process, set to take effect this year.

Grub infestations have been identified at four Chicago Park District parks, including two that were hit hard in 2021.

In a miniature version of the Chicago River dyeing celebration, Garfield Park Conservatory turned its fern pond green for St. Patrick's Day.

Tensions boiled over during Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, where advocates for the unhoused brought proceedings to a standstill as they protested the impending closure of a tent encampment in a North Side park.

Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, received approximately 38% of the 3,900 votes cast during a little-advertised online contest.

The Chicago Park District has unveiled a bold and ambitious updated framework plan for Grant Park.

Eight notable Italian Americans are finalists in a little-advertised contest.

The district has set aside $500,000 for a participatory budget program in which residents will have an opportunity to submit ideas and vote on the category of projects they want prioritized.

Chicago is once again hosting collection sites for real trees at 27 locations around the city, Jan. 3-17.