Staff [email protected] The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum has announced a new interactive ...

Adequate, locally affordable housing has long been recognized as a business-related issue, intensified in rural communities ...

A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging Cook County strips homeowners of equity when auctioning off their unpaid property taxes.

New drop box features a surveillance camera to record who drops off ballots, an electronic screen to confirm successful ...

A flash flood warning has been issued for parts of Cook County, including the city of Chicago. According to the National Weather Service, the warning covers east-central Cook County, including the ...

The county board passed a resolution that provides additional funding to a homebuyers’ program that helps offset initial ...

An Essex County teenager killed by gunfire in June was preparing to apply to colleges and wanted to become a private chef, his mother said. Ziyad Cook, 16, was shot in the area of Brookdale Avenue and ...

Work is getting started on a Cook County project to accommodate the Illinois Tollway’s I-490/Franklin Avenue Interchange ...

Jeff Pauk uses ground-penetrating radar at the old Lusk Cemetery (now Lusk Memorial Park) in Edwardsville to reveal more ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced there are worsening conditions of beech leaf disease in the state.

Record high nighttime temperatures, a dangerously high heat index and intense humidity swept through Chicago from June 21 to 23, marking the city’s first major heat wave of the summer. Ahead of the ...

Cook County contains 4 schools and 3,096 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 50%. Also, 54.9% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by ...