Cook County is full of 'fake' lakes. They help tell the story of development in the area. Major construction projects from more than 50 years ago left behind large pits in the ground.

The Cook County Department of Transportation released its 2025 highway construction project map, showing all construction projects underway or scheduled to start this year in the Cook County suburbs.

A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging Cook County strips homeowners of equity when auctioning off their unpaid property taxes.

Chicago-area foreclosures tumbled in May and June. Cook County recorded 845 foreclosure lawsuits started by lenders in May and 632 in June, falling from April’s total of 909. So far this year ...

ILLINOIS (WTVO) — The citizens of seven additional Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from Chicago and Cook County and forming a new state. All seven counties that had a ballot ...

A draft map redrawing Baltimore County’s councilmanic districts was met with some opposition from county residents.

Map: Breakdown of how Illinois voted in the 2024 election, county-by-county Trump's performance in Illinois in the 2024 election Tuesday was one of the GOP's best in decades ...

Torrential rain flooded parts of the Chicago area last night, but cooler lake breezes and mostly dry weather return today ...

Cook County, Ill., has unveiled a new dashboard that pulls back the curtain on death itself, offering public workers and agencies a real-time glimpse into how societal issues — from opioid ...

A map from the Cook County Treasurer's Office showed residents, mostly in southern Cook County suburbs, saw the biggest increase in their property tax bills, sometimes 15% or more on average.

Live election results maps in presidential, congressional, state and Cook County races By Craig Wall and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team, via Wednesday, November 6, 2024 ...

A new interactive map might help Cook County drivers avoid road construction and get around the Chicago area faster this summer.