The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Public pools are not for the weak, my friends! And if you’re gonna go to one, you have to accept the fact that you’re gonna have to be around other people…including kids. But this person wasn’t happy ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Summertime is almost here. That means fun in the pool, but it is also a time when young people are looking for summer jobs. The Collegiate School Aquatics Center in ...

New York City must hire more lifeguards and do more to teach kids to swim, local leaders said Tuesday, days after two teens drowned while trying to beat the heat in the waters off the Rockaways.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The ongoing lifeguard shortage across the country might have forced your community pool to shorten its hours, or close completely. To keep swimming pools open, a ...

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...