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after the Board of County Commissioners approved new precinct maps on Tuesday. The realignment consists of four precincts within the Sterling city limits, one “exurban” precinct that surrounds ...

In the first major union drive to reach the office in decades, a group of assistant Cook County state’s attorneys have asked the office to voluntarily recognize a bargaining unit that would represent ...

RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — A suspect in a Cook County homicide investigation was located and arrested in Rantoul Friday afternoon. Officials from the Rantoul Police Department posted details of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago ...

Delaware County is moving to consolidate more than 100 precincts in an act that officials say could save over $100,000 annually. Delaware County Director of Elections James P. Allen unveiled a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A judge will be transferred out of the Domestic Violence Division of Cook County Circuit Court at his own request, following harsh criticism after the judge released a man who ...

Several days after Tara Stamps was appointed as a Cook County board commissioner in the summer of 2023, heavy storms flooded homes in her district’s West Side neighborhoods — including her own. “So I ...

In the first major union drive to reach the office in decades, a group of assistant state’s attorneys have asked the office to voluntarily recognize a bargaining unit that would represent hundreds of ...

A Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and killed in Turks and Caicos Saturday night. According to a statement from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Shamone A. Duncan was on vacation in ...

A Cook County sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot in Turks and Caicos Saturday while celebrating her sister’s 40th birthday at a popular restaurant, according to island authorities. Shamone A.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County judge who presided over two order of protection cases in which the suspects went on to allegedly kill a woman and child has been moved off domestic violence cases.