Dolton and Harvey tied for the most homicides with seven each, though the south suburbs saw a 35% decrease in homicides in ...

Braidwood police arrested 30-year-old Hugo Sanchez-Cervantez making him one of the first Will County Jail inmates for 2026.

Although many of them had criminal records, most people who died in custody had not been convicted of the crime they were in ...

A 32-year-old man who died on Dec. 8 had a history of mental health issues; officers chased him before subduing him, ...

Drug overdoses are suspected in the Monday deaths of two Spokane County Jail inmates, according to the county government’s spokesperson. Officials are investigating the deaths and how drugs were ...

Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

Cook County property tax owners will soon get a bill for their months-delayed second installment tax bills. The 1.8 million property tax bills were expected to be mailed Friday with a due date of Dec.

Cook County officials seeking property tax relief for low-income seniors scraped by in the Illinois General Assembly, winning passage of a bill that expands eligibility for senior property tax breaks ...

Cook County is expanding eligibility requirements and extending the application deadline for the Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund. The $15 million program will assist homeowners who have experienced ...

Cook County officials on Monday announced the opening of the Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund, a $15 million program to help homeowners who’ve seen their property tax bills rise substantially in ...

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