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

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

A 51-year-old man was arrested in Chicago for failing to register as a sex offender after an investigation by the Cook County ...

Around 12:30 p.m., a brush fire was reported along Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo State Beach in Los Angeles County, ...

Cook County recorded 1,026 confirmed opioid overdose deaths in 2024, a preliminary number as the Medical Examiner’s Office ...

Dallas County Republicans are threatening a censure against two members of the party if they do not support Rep. David Cook's ...

The criminal justice system has already made too many mistakes. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke would be ...

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 ...

City attorneys are recommending settlements in lawsuits tied to former CPD Commander Jon Burge, former Sgt. Ronald Watts, and ...

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

Cook graduated as salutatorian in 1978 and was named “most studious.” He told AL.com recently that Dawkins was his favorite teacher. Cook, in a statement to AL.com, said she made English fun every day ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Love is in the air for the first lucky couple to tie the knot in Cook County in 2025. Aisha Buford-Morrison ...