To the surprise of no one, Cook County property taxes went up again. Residential property tax bills surged 78% on a typical ...

With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed board veteran Susan Dalton leading with 12,704 votes, followed by ...

State Senate Republicans, worried about childcare deserts in rural and urban Illinois, hope to give some relief to families with a package of bills.

News from around the Southland includes items from Evergreen Park, Cook County Forest Preserves, Midlothian, Leo High School ...

The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of guns off the street, but at least two of them have ...

The lost weapon’s journey mirrored an earlier event in which a gun turned in by a Cook County judge disappeared ... Larry Bromberek, of Lemont, exchanged 13 guns that he got from a friend ...

Cook County commissioners approved the one-time payments from a new $15 million fund that aims to provide homeowners some ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved eligibility rules for the Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund — a $15 million program to help homeowners who have seen property tax bills ...

A new interactive map might help Cook County drivers avoid road construction and get around the Chicago area faster this ...