Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's almost that time of year when the streets of Chicago fill with green – from shamrock headbands to leprechaun costumes. But ...

Editor's Note: Is the Chicago River still green? Take a live look at the river on St. Patrick's Day here. The Chicago River dyeing has taken place, kicking off a weekend of St. Patrick's Day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the biggest cities in the United States will be filled with green this weekend, and not just by people wearing festive ...

Chicago’s famous green river for St. Patrick’s Day started with a simple idea in the 1960s, formulated by the head of the Plumbers’ Union Local 130. “Stephen M. Bailey had the idea when one of his ...

Every St. Patrick's Day, the city of Chicago dyes its river green. How does this colorful tradition happen?

Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations kick off with the annual dyeing of the Chicago River on Saturday morning. Crews will pour a special dye into the water beginning near the Columbus Drive bridge ...