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 Chicago man filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, a Chicago police detective and several officers after being charged in the death of a CFD firefighter.

CHICAGO - A man in Cook County custody was charged in connection with a 2023 carjacking on the Eisenhower Expressway. Eric Evans, 34, was already in custody on unrelated charges when he was charged with one count of vehicular hijacking by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, police said.

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.

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.

Her bills piled up. While she never fell behind on her mortgage payments, her credit card debt was “getting too out of control,” Dubose said. She started a part-time job at Walmart. Some days she would go straight from her job at HACC to Walmart until 10 p.m., having been up since 5 a.m. It “took a toll,” she said.