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Chicago couple receives Cook County’s first marriage license of 2025
Aisha Buford-Morrison and Terrell Johnson were the first couple to receive a marriage license in Cook County in 2025, and were presented with gifts from local businesses.
Who will receive the first marriage license issued in Cook County for 2025?
A live drawing will be held on Friday to select the winning couple who will receive the first marriage license issued in Cook County in 2025.
South Shore couple wins first 2025 marriage license in Cook County
Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon will preside over a special wedding ceremony for the winning couple on Jan. 2, the first official business day of the new year.
Couple who changed each other's lives receives Cook County's first 2025 marriage license
Aisha Buford-Morrison and Terrell Johnson were married by Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon. Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Enter lottery to receive 1st Cook County marriage license of 2025
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Time is running out to enter the lottery for the first marriage license of 2025 in Cook County. The deadline to enter is Thursday. In addition to being the first married couple of the new year, the winners will also receive a number gifts.
South Side Chicago couple receives first Cook County marriage license of 2025
A South Chicago neighborhood couple is starting the new year as husband and wife. Aisha Buford-Morrison, 26, and Terrell Johnson, 28, were the first to receive a marriage license in Cook County in 2025—after a five-year courtship.
Chicago couple receives Cook County's 1st marriage license of 2025
A couple from Chicago's South Chicago neighborhood got married as the first newlyweds of 2025 in Cook County, with their marriage license being officially signed Thursday. Aisha Buford-Morrison ...
South Side couple marries in first ceremony of 2025: 'It's a beautiful thing'
Aisha Buford-Morrison and Terrell Johnson were one of about 200 couples who entered the lottery to receive the first marriage ...
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Chicago couple has wedding ceremony as 1st Cook County marriage of 2025
The Chicago couple won the county's lottery drawing last week for the first marriage license of the new year. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon presided over their wedding Thursday. The ...
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Daywatch: Want to be Cook County’s first married couple of 2025?
“I encourage any couple in Cook County considering marriage in the New Year to join the fun and throw their names in the drawing to become our First Couple,” Gordon said. Read the full story ...
Picture Chicago: Sun-Times photographers capture the first days of 2025
A South Chicago couple was given Cook County's first marriage certificate of 2025, hundreds braved frigid temperatures for a ...