Christian Mitchell has had strong detractors ever since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle elevated the young Black man out of obscurity and backed him for the Illinois House in 2012.

The first two homes in a $12 million modular housing initiative opened, part of a push to add affordable for-sale units across the region.

An extraordinary cold case investigation revealed a formerly unidentified ward of the state to be a Women's Army Corps ...

A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential – not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community ...

The program is designed to add affordable housing across Cook County in Humboldt Park, Chicago Heights, and Proviso Township.

By this time next year, all children in Illinois will have lead exposure testing as the state expands the zip codes ...

Chicago police officers made nearly 80,000 arrests before scaling them back significantly during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the following spring.

Several public beaches in the Chicago area are either closed or under advisory because of high levels of bacteria, Illinois ...

Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony in Oak Brook to become the first African American ...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the front door to the criminal justice system, and Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has pledged to keep that door open to all ...