Illinois experienced 11 disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms, making it the fourth costliest year to date after 2012, 1993 ...

A school bus loaded with students and adult administrators was involved in a crash with another vehicle late Monday morning ...

Within the Cook County legal system, 2024 in many ways marked a shift in approach that will be noticeable in local courtrooms ...

Communities in Illinois will receive a portion of $12 billion in federal disaster recovery funds for severe storms and flooding over the last two years, including $426 million for Chicago, $244 ...

The criminal justice system has already made too many mistakes. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke would be ...

Palatine Township voters will take up some of the state’s most urgent issues at the April 1 election, telling state lawmakers ...

Illinoisans are no strangers to economic challenges. As inflation rises and the job market becomes increasingly difficult to ...

An Illinois Lottery player won $1 million after purchasing a Powerball ticket at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Cook County.

Voters in Lemont Township are taking up the pension crisis, gerrymandering and unfunded mandates. The township voted to put ...

Opioid overdose deaths remain the greatest cause of unnatural deaths in 2024, Cook County Medical Examiner says.