Illinois experienced 11 disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms, making it the fourth costliest year to date after 2012, 1993 ...

Palatine Township voters will take up some of the state’s most urgent issues at the April 1 election, telling state lawmakers ...

Communities in Illinois will receive a portion of $12 billion in federal disaster recovery funds for severe storms and flooding over the last two years, including $426 million for Chicago, $244 ...

Within the Cook County legal system, 2024 in many ways marked a shift in approach that will be noticeable in local courtrooms ...

The number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released ...

A school bus loaded with students and adult administrators was involved in a crash with another vehicle late Monday morning ...

A 42-year-old man was charged with murder more than a month after allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend in Palatine.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested early November after a two-car crash on North Ashland ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Time is running out to enter the lottery for the first marriage license of 2025 in Cook County. The deadline ...

Cook County has received a $950,000 EPA grant to support their Brownfield RLF for environmental restoration and community ...

Voters in Lemont Township are taking up the pension crisis, gerrymandering and unfunded mandates. The township voted to put ...

Good morning, Chicago. Within the Cook County legal system, 2024 in many ways marked a shift in approach that will be ...