Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the ...

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 ...

Cook County is expected to experience extreme cold weather this evening through Thursday. The National Weather Service has advised that wind chills will make it feel as cold as -10°F. Cook County is ...

Lemont Township has about 22,000 residents, including the village of Lemont, and is bordered by the Des Plaines River and Interstate 355 in southwest Cook County. Voters will have a chance to ...

Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and forgotten like so many other significant events in African American history.” ...

She said Florida and other southern states must be back on the map for Democrats to be competitive in presidential cycles, versus leaning in so heavily on the “Blue Wall” of Michigan ...

New 5th District Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill says a south suburban trauma center and health care are among ...

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 ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

Cook County-commissioned study recommended consolidating electronic monitoring under Chief Judge Timothy Evans, eliminating ...

SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. - A new 5th District Cook County commissioner has been appointed, filling a vacancy left by Monica Gordon.