Dubbed “Defenders of DA’mocracy,” students are training to run early voting sites at their schools for the March 17 election.

Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles, 66, was the first Chicago-area judge to be shot and killed in more than three ...

The Cook County Independent Inspector General has concluded investigations of 18 mostly former employees who were accused of ...

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Cook County health officials say they have fielded calls from residents who wrongly think they are no longer eligible or that ...

Some 150 students from two dozen high schools across Cook County aren’t just learning about elections in their civics classes ...

Hospitals are seeing an increase in patients suffering from respiratory illnesses, including the flu, COVID-19, and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, according to city, county, and state ...

The couple who will receive the first wedding license in Cook County for 2026 have now officially had their names drawn. Nearly 1,000 couples put their names in a raffle for that first license, but ...

A Humboldt Park couple kicked off the new year by celebrating love with a historic ceremony. Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske won Cook County's annual lottery for the first wedding of 2026, ...

Chicago health officials are urging residents to get the influenza vaccine to keep themselves safe as the region and nation are seeing an uptick in cases. “It’s been rising for the last month. As ...

CHICAGO — For many of these men and women behind bars, Christmas can be the loneliest day of the year. But on Thursday, churches and organizations in Chicago brought the spirit of the season directly ...

In the battle for Chicago real estate dominance, @properties Christie’s International Real Estate has the dollar volume — but Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty has the price tag. Jameson, led by ...