The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is reeling in results with a science-driven program that raises walleye from fry ...

Aging adults in Cook County identify healthcare, transportation, and housing as their greatest needs. The clear message was ...

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...

A bill that would allow Indiana lawmakers to explore welcoming Illinois counties who wish to secede from their state is headed to the governor’s desk.

Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois officials remain reluctant to approve the measure.

Indiana is taking a first step toward merging parts of Illinois into its state. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun plans to sign ...

With some residents facing record-high increases to their property taxes, Cook County commissioners on Thursday approved giving one-time payments of $1,000 to a limited number of households ...

Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself in front of a judge in 2016. The Chicago Community Bond Fund had just helped her buy her freedom ...

Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between ...

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office said Thursday Alvarado failed to show up to two court hearings in the case the week before. He was detained April 1 and due for another court hearing ...

Items worth mentioning Items up for potential discussion include a request for a May 8 hearing date to consider and adopt boundary revisions to 18 different election precincts in the county.