A new SmartAsset study ranked the 10 wealthiest counties in Illinois based on income, home values, and investment income. Lake, DuPage, and Kendall counties took the top three spots. Cook County ...

Chicago was under a flood watch Thursday night in anticipation of thunderstorms expected to move through the city, according to the National Weather Service.

The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

Two Illinois counties surrounding Chicago, Lake and DuPage counties, have filed federal lawsuits against the state over a property tax sale process they say leaves them stuck enforcing laws that ...

In the latest twist in the effort to bring Illinois into compliance with a 2023 ruling by the court, eight counties allege the state's tax code requires them to violate the rights of property owners.

Dangerous conditions are keeping swimmers out of Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon following a deadly weekend in Northwest ...

While most of those counties will be under a warning from 3 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Lake County’s warning will go into effect at 6 a.m. Snow accumulations of 4-to-7 inches are possible in some ...

Thirty-three counties are exploring the possibility of forming a separate state, distancing themselves from Cook County. The Illinois Separation Movement is efforting to get more counties and ...