The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

Four local beaches are closed on Saturday. They all have high levels of unsafe bacteria, according to the Illinois Department ...

Four people were injured, three critically, in a mass shooting near the Cook County Courthouse early Saturday morning, ...

Cook County unveils two new modular homes to address housing affordability, aiming to develop 120 such homes across Chicago ...

Christian Mitchell has had strong detractors ever since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle elevated the young Black man out of obscurity and backed him for the Illinois House in 2012.

The attack happened Wednesday night outside a restaurant as people were leaving an album-release party for Chicago rapper ...

The first two homes in a $12 million modular housing initiative opened, part of a push to add affordable for-sale units across the region.

An extraordinary cold case investigation revealed a formerly unidentified ward of the state to be a Women's Army Corps ...

A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential – not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community ...

In Illinois, 1.9 million residents receive SNAP benefits, including more than 891,000 people in Cook County. Approximately ...

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military ...

By this time next year, all children in Illinois will have lead exposure testing as the state expands the zip codes ...