Chicago Archdiocese to close 5 additional schools in Illinois due to enrollment and financial concerns By Hope Moses January 27, 2026 at 1:10 p.m. The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic...
Cook County property tax troubles trigger school district losses, reform demands By A.D. Quig December 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Cook County suburban school districts are begging to receive their share of property tax revenues...
President Donald Trump keeping 300 Illinois National Guard troops federalized until April despite no missions By Jeremy Gorner December 17, 2025 at 4:06 p.m. Initially federalized in October for 60 days, the 300 Illinois National Guard troops will continue...
Federal judge rules Cook County tax sale system unconstitutional By A.D. Quig December 10, 2025 at 2:13 p.m. After a group of homeowners filed suit claiming Cook County's tax sale process robbed them...
Who’s to blame for this year’s property tax bills? Finger-pointing and opportunism abound. By A.D. Quig December 1, 2025 at 5:38 p.m. Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided...
Cook County to pay $10M to 2 men wrongly convicted in 1994 slaying By Gregory Royal Pratt November 10, 2025 at 1:10 p.m. The two men are still suing Chicago over allegations police coerced them into false confessions...
Illinois man accused of setting fire to Crown Point chapel By Deborah Laverty November 7, 2025 at 4:02 p.m. A Hoffman Estates, Illinois man has been identified as a suspect who is alleged to...
Cook County Health, University of Illinois medical school expand partnership for patient care, training, research By Lisa Schencker October 28, 2025 at 5:17 p.m. Cook County Health and University of Illinois College of Medicine are expanding their partnership to...
Musical coming to Harper College explores two people discovering love that is closer than they realize By Myrna Petlicki October 24, 2025 at 6:22 a.m. Love is sometimes closer than you think. That’s the case in the musical “She Loves...
Video of teen arrested in Hoffman Estates prompts call for answers By Robert McCoppin October 16, 2025 at 4:06 p.m. A video circulating on social media showing unidentified officers roughly detaining a teenager in Hoffman...