Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi plans to implement safeguards to verify that seniors getting breaks on their property taxes ...

An elected Cook County official, one of three commissioners on its Board of Review, was arrested and charged with drunk ...

A newspaper’s investigation found taxpayers inappropriately taking discounts meant for lower-income homeowners.

Endeavor Health is spending up to $453 million to settle patients’ claims alleging one of its former doctors sexually abused ...

Kerry Max Cook was found innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards back in June and now he’s suing Smith County and the City of Tyler. “For over 20 years I fought for my life from a death row ...

Downtown hoteliers are bristling at newly released valuations from the Cook County assessor that suggest they've fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.

River Forest officials have filed suit requesting that all of the structures on the corner of Lake Str. and Lathrop Ave. be ...

A Cook County jury awarded $20 million to a Skokie man who fell into a coma as a result of allegedly negligent medical care.

Dems rule, GOP drools Just how Democratic has County become? It's not clear if county residents qualify for "yellow dog" status, but party domination over once-ruling Republicans is clear. Democrats ...

A Florida man convicted of driving drunk and causing a 2020 crash that killed a father of four from Des Plaines and seriously injured his 10-year-old son has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

UDPATE: (8:30 P.M.) – According to the Byron Police Department, Mr. Cook has been found safe. _______________________________ ...

The Byron Police Department is asking for the public's help locating Carlton Cook, who went missing on Monday.