The state of Illinois is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that its sanctuary policies for migrants interfere with federal immigration enforcement, arguing that state laws are designed to and in fact discriminate against the Federal Government's enforcement of federal immigration law.

Voters in numerous Chicago-area communities headed to the polls on Tuesday night, delivering decisive results in communities like Dolton and Aurora.

A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.

Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee Avenue.

Pulaski Day will be observed on Monday, March 3. Chicago and Cook County government offices and courts will be closed. Chicago Public Schools, local banks and post offices will be open.

Showers across parts of Cook County, northern Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana overnight Monday through Wednesday could cause river levels to rise and bring flooding to low-lying areas, the National Weather Service said.

Twenty years ago the ponds of Izaak Walton Forest Preserve in southern Cook County looked very different. Clean and clear, they attracted birdwatchers, recreational fishers and nature enthusiasts. In 2025,

A Chicago man who spent nearly three decades in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager was fully exonerated by a Cook County judge on Tuesday. Jerry Herrington was represented by the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) based at the University of Illinois Springfield.

Marco Antonio Contreras and Denise Contreras were ordered to pay $80,000 to former tenants Maria Maltos Escutia and Gabriel Valdez Garcia after threatening to report them to ICE for their

Adding an auction step could make tax-delinquent properties more expensive, but homeowners would receive excess proceeds.

Chicago and Cook County services and offices, courthouses, public libraries and more are closed Monday, March 3 in observance of Casimir Pulaski Day.