The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

As we look back on Pride Month, I am both proud and humbled by my time serving as an openly LGBTQ+ elected official in Illinois. Ever since I was elected, I have been cognizant of the importance of ...

More than two dozen cars were stranded with flat tires on Interstate 294 Monday morning and lanes were closed for hours due ...

A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is ...

Several public beaches in the Chicago area are either closed or under advisory because of high levels of bacteria, Illinois ...

Two motorcyclists were killed after they crashed into each other in south suburban Cook County on Friday night.

Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony in Oak Brook to become the first African American ...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the front door to the criminal justice system, and Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has pledged to keep that door open to all ...

Cook County is expanding efforts to help more residents achieve homeownership with the launch of phase two of its Down Payment Assistance Program.

Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago area will be undergoing another day of extreme heat Monday. A National Weather Service Extreme ...

The recent rumblings from downstate Illinois have caught the attention of lawmakers across the border in Indiana, where ...