Are you OK?” In video footage, 37-year-old Alex Pretti can be heard asking that simple question after a woman was shoved into the snow by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Moments later, he ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Wednesday, it was the calm before the storm in Stroger Hospital's trauma unit, as doctors and nurses expect a busy night for New Year's Eve. For close to 200 years, the Cook County ...

COOK COUNTY, lll. — Cook County health officials are alerting residents of a jump in flu activity in the Chicago suburbs. According to a statement from the Cook County Department of Public Health data ...

Monday, December 29th UPDATE: A 32-year-old male has been arrested in connection to the incident at the Cook County Co-op on December 27th. Original Story: Around 3:45 p.m. on December 27, authorities ...

Cook County approved a 2026 property tax levy of $13,780,089 on December 16, marking a 7.57% increase over the previous year. The approved levy is $969,788 higher than in 2025. Total budgeted expenses ...

Greg Bishop discusses a story from Legal Newsline about Cook County's property tax sale system being found unconstitutional by a federal judge. The ruling comes as activists in Chicago urge taxpayer ...

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Shots were fired at two on-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputies outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Chicago's West Side on Wednesday morning. The Cook County Sheriff's Office confirmed no injuries were ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two Cook County sheriff's deputies were shot at outside of Mt. Sinai Hospital Wednesday morning, Chicago police and the sheriff's office said. The shooting took place at about 3:36 ...

A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...

A federal judge has ruled Cook County’s longtime system for selling properties with delinquent taxes unconstitutional — a decision that could expose the county to significant financial liability, the ...

The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call for clarity on the circumstances of his death. Shamire Jackson, 35, ...