Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Illinois counties are seeking to secede from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state, and Indiana has introduced a bill to create a boundary adjustment commission to consider the possibility ...

TINLEY PARK, IL — A Cook County judge on Friday reversed a call made by a local ... challenger Michael Maloney and his Tinley Together slate, citing six American flag images printed on the nominating ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joined detainees at the Cook County Jail on Christmas morning to celebrate Mass and urge them to put aside fear and embrace their humanity. “It’s important for us ...

Extending contracts for administrators, with years of service noted: Ron Richardson, high school principal, six years; Joe ...

After an extended 18-day holiday break in testimony, attorneys for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Monday unveiled a new prong of their defense: that the speaker had long-established protocols to ...

Madigan aide Will Cousineau told jurors in October that the then-Illinois House speaker sent ... he campaigned for Joe Berrios, the former Cook County assessor and former chairman of the Cook ...

The auto financing industry has come a long way from the days when securing a car loan meant sitting across a bank manager ...