Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

Game stories and live updates from five Section 1 class girls basketball championships played at Westchester County Center ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of Corrections.

Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

A Cook County felon is back in custody and facing new charges after fleeing his home and tampering with his electronic ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

The Cook County state's attorney said her office is now making domestic violence cases a priority after a number of recent murders tied to domestic cases.

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage ...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordan has received a surge in requests for birth certificates and marriage licenses due to fears of mass deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration ...

The Bureau County Jail Board has come to a decision on a proposal to house Cook County inmates at the Bureau County Jail.