The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Tuesday hit back at an effort to appoint an outside prosecutor to investigate ...

An internal transit crime task force will train about 30 prosecutors and provide new guidance on seeking court orders to ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle easily fended off a challenge from longtime Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly in the ...

The Chicago Board of Elections said early voting numbers for the 2026 Illinois primary election Tuesday are already higher ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office today hit back at an effort to appoint an outside ...

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2025 ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was vying for a fifth term, and Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly has conceded the ...

Last year, Chicago's median residential tax bill in the city rose 16.7%, to $4,457, the largest percentage increase in at ...

Sheaves Slate, 27, will be detained in Cook County Jail pending trial on charges including first-degree murder, felony murder ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Cook County residents are faring slightly better ...