Illinois experienced 11 disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms, making it the fourth costliest year to date after 2012, 1993 ...

A 51-year-old man was arrested in Chicago for failing to register as a sex offender after an investigation by the Cook County ...

Within the Cook County legal system, 2024 in many ways marked a shift in approach that will be noticeable in local courtrooms ...

Cook County recorded 1,026 confirmed opioid overdose deaths in 2024, a preliminary number as the Medical Examiner’s Office ...

Palatine Township voters will take up some of the state’s most urgent issues at the April 1 election, telling state lawmakers ...

A school bus loaded with students and adult administrators was involved in a crash with another vehicle late Monday morning ...

Communities in Illinois will receive a portion of $12 billion in federal disaster recovery funds for severe storms and flooding over the last two years, including $426 million for Chicago, $244 ...

A 42-year-old man was charged with murder more than a month after allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend in Palatine.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested early November after a two-car crash on North Ashland ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Cook County picked the winners of the first marriage license of 2025 on Friday as part of an annual holiday lottery. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon will preside over a special ...

Good morning, Chicago. Within the Cook County legal system, 2024 in many ways marked a shift in approach that will be ...