After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. A new interactive map might help Cook County drivers avoid road construction and get around the Chicago area ...

South Holland will get $263,000, while $103,000 will go to Thornton, $176,000 to Country Club Hills and $79,000 to Homewood.

The $12.1 million family medicine clinic joins a network of 14 county-run facilities serving neighbors regardless of their ...

Despite DOJ's claims, “We don’t prevent the federal authorities from coming to our jails or coming to our prisons with a ...

Cook County is the perfect destination for a vacation full of wilderness and adventure. Linda Jurek, Executive Director of Cook County tells us about some of what we’ll find there.

For example, that might include more participants who live in Chicago now that the city’s program has ended. About 15% of people in Cook County Promise lived in Chicago and the rest lived in the ...

Using a rope and pulley system, workers of the Forest Preserves of Cook County hoisted 7-year-old Elliana Rosen to the top of a tree as a crowd of families watched. One of over 200 attendees at ...

The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago, federal prosecutors ...

(KNSI) - Rains in southeastern Minnesota helped reduce the drought statewide. Over 18% is now back to normal soil conditions.