Cook County News

A 58-year-old Hickory Hills man was ordered held on $500,000 bond Friday on charges that he burglarized two South Barrington homes late last year after conning his way inside.

The Rating Outlook is Negative. SECURITY The ULTGO bonds carry the county's full faith and credit and ad valorem tax pledge, without limitation as to rate or amount.

Fitch Ratings cut its rating on Cook County, Illinois' unlimited tax general obligation bonds to "A+" from "AA-", citing the challenges that the county faces as it attempts to shore up its "severely underfunded" pension plan.

Some Illinois lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands after the Legislature moved for the first time in years not to take furlough days to save taxpayer dollars.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis has announced an application process for filling a vacancy in the 7th Judicial Subcircuit of Cook County.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis has announced an application process for filling a vacancy in the 7th Judicial Subcircuit of Cook County.

A Cicero man who pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of his three-week-old daughter and trying to hire someone to kill his girlfriend's relatives has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Several promoted police officers were sworn in Monday night at the village board meeting: New lieutenants Scott Eisenmenger, Anthony Gallagher and Tom Nugent; and three new sergeants: Paul Jamil, Dean Schulz and Tara Anderson.

This week's local business look profiles Mike O'Brien, owner of Hinsdale-based health care provider Independence-4-Seniors .

A man claiming to have a bomb robbed a south suburban cash advance store Thursday morning, causing the evacuation of several nearby businesses.

A yearslong legal dispute pitting the village of Palatine against former village Councilman Warren Kostka is still working its way through the court system.

Residents concerned over a lack of storm sirens during severe weather June 30 have prompted Orland Park officials to take another look at their severe weather notification systems.

The information in this article was taken from the Village of Palatine Website at http://www.palatine.il.us/ Beginning August 1st the recycling program offered at the Palatine Village Hall will be trimmed back, due to the upcoming renovations that will be taking place.

As the Daily Herald's suburban tax watchdog, Jake Griffin was curious about a state tax that most people didn't know existed.

Illinois picked Republican businessman Bruce Rauner to face incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn in the race for Governor.

Crain's Chicago Business reports that a company once partially owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner started making campaign contributions to Illinois Democrats just after it won a multimillion-dollar Cook County contract.

An accused gang member who told police he keeps a gun to protect himself from rivals accidentally shot and killed a member of his own gang while waving that weapon around outside a Southwest Side Walgreen store over the Fourth of July weekend, Cook County prosecutors said.

Mary Redmond of Orland Park, Illinois, holds back a tear as she describes the legal struggle to get her son, Jack, back from Ireland, July 9, 2014.

A Barrington Hills 19-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of aggravated DUI in a car crash that claimed the life of a 61-year-old Elgin man and injured a 44-year-old woman last year.

A former volunteer pleaded guilty last week to stealing more than $25,000 from the Chicagoland Toys for Tots charity.