Brett Chase

Chicago's point person on air pollution and extreme heat was pushed out, raising questions about Johnson's commitment to neighborhoods choked by air pollution.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration granted Sims Metal Management an operating permit similar to one earlier sought by car-shredder General Iron.

The city still has to approve the demolition of the massive grain silos that preservationists tried to save.

La administración del alcalde Brandon Johnson otorgó a Sims Metal Management un permiso de operación similar a uno solicitado anteriormente por la trituradora de automóviles General Iron que fue negado.

Residents reported the incident over the weekend, and some white material is still floating up the river.

The storied shipping channel featured in “The Blues Brothers” helped build the Sears Tower but has long been polluted and inaccessible to residents.

After a wall collapsed, sending material into the Chicago River, the company's contractor says it has collected the white substance that spread upstream.

Demolition debris from the future site of the Bally's casino has been removed from the Chicago River after a wall collapsed and sent material into the water earlier this month, the company said Friday.

The company hopes to resume the teardown of Chicago Tribune's former printing plant to make way for new casino.

Bally's will not be fined for a mishap at the site of its future casino that sent demolition debris into the Chicago River last month, officials confirmed Thursday.