The transfers were possible due to Cook County's minimal oversight and lack of clear rules to prevent local officials from giving away seized properties.

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller is bringing her long-standing focus on health care equity into a crowded Democratic ...

Chicago saw a dramatic decrease in opioid overdose deaths in 2025. Law enforcement and public health professionals worked in ...

Some of Illinois’ top Democrats say they’re open to considering targeted changes to Illinois’ controversial SAFE-T Act.

Adam Beckerink, her estranged husband, made his first appearance Tuesday morning in Cook County court to face murder charges.

CHICAGO — Cook County’s first couple to receive a marriage license in 2026 were celebrated Friday morning. The pair from the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood had their wedding ceremony, making ...

Police in Armstrong County are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. Cory Dominic Cook, 31, was last seen around 8 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Manor Township Police Department.

On a cool night in late May 2020, amid citywide protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Safarian Herring, 25, was fatally shot while riding in the car of ...

"With working families struggling to afford their daily lives, Cook County is taking bold action to put money directly back in their pockets," an official said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

The Cook County jail’s shuttered Division IV dormitory buildling, 2717 S. Sacramento, is slated for demolition in 2026. The county projects spending more than $1 billion on capital projects at the ...