Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying ...

Amid rising property tax bills in Chicago, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi – whose office plays a key role in determining individual property owners' tax burdens – is running for a third term against ...

A routine lunchtime gym visit turned into anything but normal for U.S. Navy Hospitalman Joseph Clark in Waukegan, Illinois.

Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher is running for the 5th District Cook County Board seat against Harvey Park District Executive Director Kisha McCaskill, who was appointed to the position last year, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock for years in a company with a major contract working in her office, a potential ...

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Five candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination for the 6th District Cook County Board seat to represent large sections of the south and southwest suburbs. Candidates Sylvester Fulcher, Wesam ...

Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd), one of the more conservative Democrats on the City Council, who bills himself as an independent voice, wants a new gig: to run Cook County government. He’s looking ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is firing back at allegations made by Tyler Technologies, a Texas-based company contracted to upgrade Cook County's property tax system. Tyler ...

On paper, Cook County circuit judges have great jobs. They make $258,000 a year, hold extraordinary power, and almost never get fired or even disciplined. But fewer and fewer attorneys are seeking the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Telling new charges have been added to the case against a Chicago tax attorney accused of murdering his wife. Adam Beckerink, 47, is accused of killing 36-year-old Caitlin Tracey in ...