OAK FOREST, IL — With demolition set to begin at the former Oak Forest Hospital campus, Cook County officials will hold a community meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Cook County Bureau of Asset ...

Permits for demolition are issued one at a time by Cook County, with six granted so far ... the last state hospital built in Illinois, once served patients with severe mental health challenges ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — An abandoned Joplin hospital is now slated for demolition. The Joplin City Council voted to tear down the old ...