Cook County

Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., snowfall rates could approach an inch per hour in some areas, contributing to accumulations of 1 to 4 inches, particularly on grassy and elevated surfaces

A McHenry County judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of posing as a black car driver, driving a woman from an airport to McHenry and then refusing to let her out of the car her until she gave him $1,400.

The season’s first hint of winter is expected late Wednesday with snowfall expected throughout much of the suburbs.

A federal lawsuit claims an asthmatic inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill died from the extreme negligence of staff after he was placed in a “dangerously hot cell.”

In the wake of the killing of a Chicago police officer, Will County's state's attorney said lawmakers should close a “loophole” with the SAFE-T Act. Supporters of the law said his solution won't improve safety.

A Will County judge blocked the jail release of a Homer Glen father and business owner charged with endangering his child who died from a suspected overdose death in a $1 million home that was completely trashed.

Attorneys for a Crestwood man convicted of killing a Lockport woman and their 14-month-old child in 2020 are claiming constitutional violations should grant him a new trial. A judge may rule on the motion on Dec. 19.

After months of warnings about the “fiscal cliff” facing transit agencies when COVID-19 relief money expires, Metra leaders provided a stark hypothetical Wednesday.

The cause and manner of the death of a 12-year-old girl last spring in Joliet has been deemed undetermined, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report.

Suburbanites secretly voting Republican coupled with blue-state laissez faire contributed to election surprises in the region, experts say.

Park District of La Grange officials are expected to discuss specific plans for various parks now that voters have approved a property tax hike referendum

One of two men charged last year with having defaced handguns and large-capacity magazines in their Lake in the Hills home, pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully possessing a firearm while being younger than 21 and was sentenced to 21/2 years in prison.

A man accused of stabbing another in the parking lot of a Crystal Lake apartment complex and stealing his satchel pleaded guilty Friday to robbery.

Joliet police officers are still searching on Monday for Jocelyn Buster, 27, of Joliet, who is accused of money laundering and vehicle fraud.

Incumbent Democrats Johnathon Jackson and Robin Kelly appear to have easily won their bids for another term in Congress, representing Illinois Districts 1 and 2, respectively.

Celebrating the men and women from Du Page and Cook countieswho served and continue to serve their country.

Across the board, voters in DuPage County said “yes” Tuesday to funding for school renovations, better parks and a new library.

Initial unofficial results Tuesday in the 3rd Congressional District race show incumbent Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez with nearly 62% of the vote in her race with Republican challenger John Booras.

Walking pneumonia is not a rarity this time of year or among school-aged children.But this year, suburban pediatricians are taking particular note of the increase in cases — especially among young children.

Democrats have maintained their hold over the Will County Coroner’s Office for 36 years and a Republican will once again try to win the office in Tuesday’s election.

A Joliet man convicted of concealing evidence in a 2017 flare-gun attack incident that killed two women and a baby was briefly jailed on a charge alleging he trespassed at the courthouse.

Recently submitted financial statements show a steep funding gap between Democratic U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez and her Republican challenger, attorney John Booras.

The Joliet Fire Department donated three ambulances to two Chicago south suburbs to help offset the high costs of buying new vehicles as they try to rebuild their emergency medical services.

A Will County judge granted the pretrial release of a Chicago man charged with the first-degree murder of another man who was killed in a shooting on Oct. 5 in Joliet.

A Chicago man was sentenced to 37 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a man who was lured into a vehicle, killed, robbed and then left lying on the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet.

After four years of pretrial battles, the felony official misconduct case against retired Joliet police Sgt. Javier Esqueda has been scheduled for a bench trial on Dec. 16.

A new three-year contract extension for the Joliet Junior College president was approved in a 5-2 vote Wednesday, with dissenting votes from two trustees who are suing the school in two separate lawsuits.

Will County Assistant State’s Attorney Katie Rabenda said communication records from the county jail show Kevin Johnson, 20, has been contacting state witnesses in his first-degree murder case. Johnson is charged with the murder of Charles Baird in New Lenox.

A caracal, an endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates, was captured by police Tuesday and soon will be on its way to an animal sanctuary in Wisconsin.

A Barrington acupuncturist accused of fondling a patient in a Crystal Lake home was denied a request to have his case dismissed and is headed to trial.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville and Republican challenger Jerry Evans of Warrenville disagree about whether abortion should be legal across America.

A Wonder Lake man pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI; authorities said he'd had six previous DUI offenses.

A Will County jury on Friday found a Crestwood man guilty of strangling a Lockport woman to death and smothering his 14-month old child four years ago because he didn’t want to pay child support.

A Will County jury was allowed to go home on Thursday night after 10 hours trying decide whether a Crestwood man is guilty of strangling a Lockport woman to death and smothering their 14-month-old daughter in 2020.

A Crestwood man has chosen not to testify in a trial where he’s charged with killing a Lockport woman and their 14-month-old daughter in 2020.

Forensic scientists in a Lockport murder trial testified to finding a Crestwood man’s DNA on the fingernails and the neckline of a T-shirt belonging to a woman whom he’s charged with strangling to death in 2020.

Former President Donald Trump heads to Chicago next week for an event cosponsored by Bloomberg News and the Economic Club of Chicago.

Tenth Congressional District incumbent Brad Schneider touted his record of backing Israel, while challenger Jim Carris spoke of his personal experience as a child hostage on a hijacked airplane.

A police commander testified in Lockport murder trial on Monday about the evidence he gathered in the 2020 investigation of the homicides of a woman and her infant daughter.

A defense attorney in a Lockport murder trial sharply questioned the lead detective about his investigation of a double homicide that led to charges against a Crestwood man.

In 2020, two Lockport police detectives grilled a Crestwood man about his reaction to the news of his daughter’s death and why he didn’t show up to a memorial for her.

A state appeals court has upheld a Cook County judge’s 2023 ruling in a civil case stemming from a lengthy dispute between Barrington Hills neighbors over a horse-boarding business.

Republican incumbent state Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton is being challenged again by her crosstown Democratic rival Jackie Williamson

Scott Jacobson, a former McHenry County prosecutor fired in 2019, has now had his law license suspended for one year over fabrications of his work history, according to the Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission.

A forensic pathologist testified in a murder trial in Will County on Wednesday that even though a Lockport woman had a vertical cut on her left forearm, her true cause of death was from strangulation.

The candidates for the 3rd Congressional outline their plans for an immigration system

The family of a Lockport woman and her child testified in a murder trial on Tuesday. A former probationary firefighter-paramedic for Cicero is on trial on charges alleging he murdered the woman and their child.

A 12-member jury has been impaneled in Will County to decide whether a Crestwood man is guilty of strangling a Lockport woman to death in 2020 and smothering their 14-month-old daughter.

The family of a Bolingbrook man who was suffering from a medical emergency in 2023 has claimed in a lawsuit that two officers caused his death by using excessive and deadly force without lawful justification.

Early voting begins Thursday for most suburban counties, but not Cook