NEWBURY — A transient was arrested Sept. 28 after jumping into the Connecticut River and swimming for several hours to evade law enforcement. Jamie Woodman, 45, was taken into custody on charges of ...

People are being warned to avoid popular swimming spots at a river after high levels of harmful E.coli were detected. Half the sites tested along the Great Ouse through Bedfordshire were unsafe for ...

An entrepreneur has created a swim bag to help people struggling with changing after wild swimming. The Wild Changer bag has been created by West Fife's Lee Walls, who organises the Aberdour Silver ...

The swim was in Chicago. The idea came from Amsterdam. And it was Barrington’s Doug McConnell who was key to propelling the Chicago River Swim into the water Sunday. More than 260 swimmers took the ...

First open swim event held in Chicago River in 98 yearsSept. 22, 2025 Get more news © 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC ...

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 ...

Want to see more of NewsNation? Get 24/7 fact-based news coverage with the NewsNation app or add NewsNation as a preferred source on Google! CHICAGO — Olivia Smoliga has competed at the very highest ...

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 ...

Raises $150,000 to support ALS research and youth swim education CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago River Swim returned on Sunday, September 21, for the first time in 98 years, ...

Hundreds of swimmers taking the plunge into the Chicago River for a historic race. Unauthorised plastic tunnels ‘ruining’ National Park BMW tells nearly 200,000 vehicle owners to park outside because ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...