Chicago IL

Cook County’s Bureau of Human Resources is actively recruiting for a Manager of Classification and Compensation. This full-time role, based at 161 N. Clark St. in Chicago, pays $130,544–$144,090 per year and offers a hybrid work schedule plus full benefits.

Evanston City Council members seemed to agree Monday that a new intergovernmental agreement between the city and Evanston Public Library would be better than the so-called “nuclear” option that would see the city taking control of the library. “I think it’s important [to try an intergovernmental agreement] before...

Most people who end up in Oak Park didn’t plan on it. They were looking at places in Andersonville or Logan Square, started doing the math, and someone suggested they take the train out to see a house on Humphrey. They stood on the porch of a 1920s brick two-flat and something clicked.

While finishing up our March volunteer work day in the Bobolink Meadow Nature Area, a curious passerby observed the hundreds of pounds of fried golf balls we had collected from the recently burned prairie and exclaimed, “You should send a picture of those to the Herald!” So, here they are.

A fire left a home in north suburban Lincolnwood damaged Tuesday morning.

Last week, we talked about the “mixed-use monster” Justin Ishbia is plotting for the 47-acre Amtrak yard. It’s a beautiful vision — a stadium campus on the South Loop, skyline views, and maybe even a blessing from Pope Leo XIV, who reportedly told Ishbia he’d love to throw out a first pitch if the “palace” ever gets...

Evanston’s City Council agreed on the need to better enforce its rental housing laws Monday night while disagreeing on whether new measures are actually needed, ultimately voting unanimously to advance new fines for offending landlords to a final vote next month. Councilmember Shawn Iles (3rd Ward) spearheaded the...

Bull sharks can survive in freshwater, but surviving in the Mississippi or Great Lakes is rare and often exaggerated by urban legends.

CHICAGO - The rehabilitation of the Bishop Ford Freeway is expected to begin on Tuesday with lane and ramp closures in Chicago and the south suburbs. The work is expected to cause traffic delays over the next several months, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Construction will take place in...

Chicago musician Chance the Rapper (born Chancelor Bennett) has won $35 in a five-year legal battle against his onetime manager, Pat Corcoran (formerly known as Pat the Manager). On Friday, a Cook County jury dismissed Corcoran’s claims that the Coloring Book artist owed him $3.8 million in unpaid royalties and...