Cook County

Body camera footage released by Chicago police shows a Cook County politician’s encounter with officers while being arrested for driving while intoxicated after crashing her car into another vehicle, authorities said.

A man was charged with concealing a death after a missing 23-year-old woman’s body was found in the popular Busse Woods forest preserve in suburban Cook County this week.

A body discovered Saturday morning in the Busse Woods Forest Preserve in northern Cook County has been identified as a missing 23-year-old woman, police said.

A death investigation is underway after the body of a missing 23-year-old woman from Mount Prospect was found in a forest preserve in suburban Cook County.

Eileen O’Neill Burke won the Cook County State’s Attorney race, replacing Kim Foxx. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern breaks it down.

NBC Chicago’s Patrick Fazio is live from Bob Fioretti’s watch party after he conceded in the race for Cook County State’s Attorney.

NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen is live from the official watch party for the Republican Party of Cook County in Orland Park.

As part of domestic violence awareness month, the Cook County Clerk’s office is offering “love purses” to women in need. NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

As property taxes in many areas of Cook County rise, one Cook County Commissioner is leading an effort to establish a relief fund. NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas and Telemundo Chicago’s consumer services unit, Telemundo Responde, are joining forces for the first time to host the ‘Las Casas Latinas Importan’ phone bank on Thursday, Oct. 3rd. This initiative aims to help Hispanic homeowners find out, in their own language, if they are owed refunds.

A man has been charged in the thefts last month of laptops possibly containing confidential information on criminal cases from the Cook County state’s attorney’s offices at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.

A person of interest is in custody in relation to the shooting death of Cook County Sheriff Deputy Rafael Wordlaw, according to police.

More than 10,000 Cook County property owners overpaid on their property taxes last year, and the Treasurer’s Office is sending out millions in automatic refunds.

A suburban Cook County woman was identified as Illinois’ first human case of the West Nile virus this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday.

A suburban Cook County woman was identified as Illinois’ first human case of the West Nile virus this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday.

Some residents in Chicago’s south suburbs are seeing a significant hike in property taxes, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

In an interview with Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, she provides insight as to why Chicago’s south suburbs are facing a record-high property tax increase.

Cook County officials announced millions in new funds from the federal government to help alleviate storm-related flooding in Chicago’s suburbs. Regina Waldroup has the story.

Dr. Dennis Deer, who had served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2017, has died at the age of 51, his family announced Monday.

Two officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department were seriously injured in a four-vehicle crash early Sunday morning along the Dan Ryan Expressway, authorities said.