A giant American flag flies again from an 80-foot flagpole in Goodfield as what community leaders called a symbol of hometown ...

An extraordinary cold case investigation revealed a formerly unidentified ward of the state to be a Women's Army Corps ...

As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its business in the insular world of Cook County politics, Texas-based Tyler Technologies turned to one of Illinois’ most well-connected lobbyists ...

Mount Prospect resident and Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the county board, spoke in support of pride flag displays, noting Cook County has ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joined with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other elected officials for the fifth annual raising of the Progress Pride flag.

Deerfield-based drug store giant Walgreens has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with the federal government by paying $300 million for allegedly filling millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids ...

Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle attends the Democratic Party of Illinois’ second annual gala fundraiser at the Field Museum on Sept. 27, 2024.

Officials raise the new Cook County flag for the first time during a ceremony at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Sept. 24, 2022.

Other states, including Utah, Minnesota and Mississippi, have recently gone through this process, as has Cook County, which revamped its flag in 2022.

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 of… ...