Cook County accepting applications for 1st marriage of 2026 lottery drawing
Cook County is now accepting applications for a lottery drawing for the first marriage of 2026.
Feds tear-gas Elgin residents
Federal immigration agents abducted a community member from an apartment complex in the western suburb of Elgin on Saturday, then used tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd of neighbors that had gathered around them. The violence unleashed on an otherwise quiet, residential street marked the feds’...
2 Cook County deputies shot at outside Mt. Sinai: Hospital, Chicago police say
Two Cook County Sheriff's deputies were shot at outside of Mt. Sinai Hospital Wednesday morning, Chicago police and the sheriff's office said.
Davenport man arrested; found with car stolen out of Oak Lawn
A Davenport man is in the Scott County Jail after police said he was seen driving a stolen vehicle. According to the criminal complaint, the defendant, identified as Devon Davis, 32, was seen driving a car that was confirmed stolen in NCIC out of Oak Lawn, Ill. When Davis saw marked patrol cars, he tried […]
‘Suburban Moms’ arrested after Broadview ICE sit-in get nothing at first scheduled court date
A group of more than a dozen women from Chicago’s near west suburbs arrested after staging a sit-in protest in the driveway of ICE’s Broadview detention facility appeared for their scheduled court date last week, only to find they weren’t on the docket. The group of “suburban...
Cook County assessor faces angry questions from West Side homeowners over sharp property tax...
Three of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are seeing property tax hikes that are hard to imagine.
O’Hare-based customs agent described as ‘serial rapist’ in federal complaint (Full Update)
A United States Customs and Border Protection officer stationed at O’Hare International Airport used his badge, gun, and law enforcement authority as tools to terrorize Chinese women working in the Chicago-area sex trade, according to an extraordinary federal filing that describes six attacks across Schaumburg and...
Cook County tax sales found unconstitutional
A federal judge has ruled that Cook County’s “Tax Sales” violate the constitution, potentially putting the county on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to compensate people who lost their properties after falling behind on property taxes.
Bison Return to Kane County Prairie After Two Centuries, Marking Major Step for Local...
American bison have returned to the prairies of Kane County, Illinois, for the first time in over 200 years. The event took place at the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Sycamore, where a small herd of bison was released onto the land. This reintroduction was organized by the Forest Preserve District of Kane...
Man sentenced to decades in prison for shooting Lombard officer, robbing tobacco shop at...
A man who shot a Lombard police officer will spend decades in prison.
