After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

Monday, April 20, 1981, was artist Joan Miró's 88th birthday. It was also the day that Mayor Jane Byrne pulled a cord to ...

Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak. Starting Tuesday, people who may not speak English but need help from the county can ...

Starting Tuesday, people who may not speak English but need help from the county can pick up an “I Speak” Card at the Sheriff’s Kiosk in the Cook County Building, 118 North Clark Street, or ...

A local investor that lost a LaSalle Street office building to foreclosure last fall is facing another loan issue on a trio of properties.

Five Democrats are running in the May 20 primary to serve as Harrisburg’s Mayor. The slate of candidates includes three current city officials and two community activists. There is ...

What's the latest on Scheels Sports Park or the new Amazon delivery center in Springfield? We have you covered.

Bridget Enright Kamal “Jake and Elwood Blues walked into the Cook County building looking for the assessor’s office. The impersonators were from China and did a great job.” “When I was 5 ...

The apartment project, seven years in the making under company GW Properties, was sold to Northbrook-based J2 Equities last ...