The new domestic violence task force for Chicago and Cook County held its first meeting Wednesday, as the state's attorney announced new systemic changes to help survivors and victims.

State officials announced Jan. 16 in a Facebook post that parts of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge will be closed and ...

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors said the assailants watched the judge and his girlfriend for days ...

LOMBARD, Ill., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 800 court service deputies in Cook County, Ill., have voted to join Teamsters Local 700. The unit spans the entirety of Cook County and includes ...

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors said the assailants watched the judge and his girlfriend for days before ...

About a dozen people took shelter at Cook County courthouses in Markham, Skokie and Maywood, during arctic weather in ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — The Circuit Court of Cook County has announced that it is issuing refunds after discovering a technical ...

Rising premiums and expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies are pricing some people out of healthcare coverage. That comes as Illinois replaces healthcare.gov with Get Covered Illinois as the state's ...

The husband of Caitlin Tracey, whose body was found in the stairwell of a ​South Loop condo building, was charged with ...

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2025 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Wednesday, it was the calm before the storm in Stroger Hospital's trauma unit, as doctors and nurses expect a busy night for New Year's Eve. For close to 200 years, the Cook County ...

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