Green water: Cities dye rivers, fountains for St. Patrick's Day

During the St. Patrick's Day Parade downtown on Saturday, the battery on the vehicle that was pulling the WGN float died. Luckily, Bozo the Clown knew what to do. With some help from from WGN's friends at Welles Park 

St. Patrick's Day falls on a Tuesday this year, which means some of the major celebrations of the holiday took place over the weekend. For the Windy City, that meant Saturday was the day that the Chicago River went green, an annual tradition that dates

The big Saint Patrick's Day parade marched from downtown up to North Street. Many people lined Delaware Avenue, sporting their green and watching all the festivities. City of Buffalo officials estimate 80,000 people were in the crowd. There was Irish

Bailey got the idea after realizing the dye used to detect leaks from plumbing into the river was a perfect shade of "Irish green," according to the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade committee. Nowadays, the city turns the river green by dumping roughly

CHICAGO — In honor of St. Patrick's Day, WGN's Demetrius Ivory asked some folks around town Monday to try out their best pick-up lines for traffic reporter — and “Irish lass” — Erin McElroy, who was listening back in the