A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County courthouse on Thursday. The incident happened around 10 a.m. at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, at West ...

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage ...

A 55-year-old Glenview man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of James Solger. Solger, 61, was found dead ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes Smith, 28​, off life support after she was struck by the ...

Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

A Cook County Sheriff's Police officer struck a pedestrian with a squad car, critically injuring them on Milwaukee Avenue in ...

Mercedes Smith, 28 and a pedestrian, was hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Department squad car around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday in the ...

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 ...

A pedestrian hit by a Cook County Sheriff's officer's squad car in Glenview, Illinois, has died. The crash happened on ...

A 28-year-old woman has died the day after she was struck by a Cook County Sheriff’s Office vehicle in suburban Glenview.