CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District is administering swim skills to aspiring lifeguard candidates on Saturday. Lifeguard candidates are required to successfully complete a 200-yard timed swim, ...

New recreation center at Field Park in Oak Park will replace an existing berm and playground, a move many neighbors opposed.

Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak ... deaths of a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9. "The zoo is saddened by the loss of a ...

Despite a ban from Park District work after he was asked to resign from a top post there for his involvement in the agency’s sexual abuse lifeguard scandal, a longtime government employee has again ...

and the Assam government to seal illegal rat-holes follows a recent mishap in which nine labourers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where the water level inside ...

Seal’s family stood by his side as Father Ray Powell of Oak Ridge administered the oath. “It is an honor to represent the citizens of Senate District 8 in the Tennessee Senate,” said Seal. “I am ...

Lincoln Park Zoo Share Bird flu is being cited as the cause of the recent deaths of a Chilean flamingo and harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo, the zoo announced Wednesday. The flamingo, named Teal ...

Teal the Chilean flamingo had just been born last fall and Slater the harbor seal was often seen training with keepers ...

open image in gallery Slater the seven-year-old harbor seal is seen popping out of the water in this photo from Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. The seal died last Thursday (Lincoln Park Zoo ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo at Chicago‘s Lincoln Park Zoo died from avian influenza last week, zoo officials confirmed Wednesday. According to a spokesperson for the ...