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CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced the first human case of 2024 in Illinois of West Nile virus (WNV), the mosquito-borne illness. While commercial testing and clinical symptoms indicate a case of WNV, IDPH routinely sends the first positive case to CDC for confirmatory testing, which is pending. The individual is in their 60’s and lives in suburban Cook County. The onset of WNV symptoms was in mid-June.

Every parent wants to raise a healthy child, and some communities make it easier than others. The ease of access to health care, outdoor spaces and recreation facilities are factors for many families when it comes to choosing where to plant roots. Luckily, Niche, a website offering rankings and statistics on towns, schools and colleges, also publishes a ranking of the healthiest places to live. See the rankings below to find out how towns in Cook County stack up.

Orzo pasta with summer squash and celery gremolata. Homemade flatbread with eggplant sauce, bell peppers and zucchini. What might sound like offerings at a high-end restaurant were actually made at the Cook County Sheriff’s Urban Farm with ingredients grown on the grounds of the Cook County Jail at 26th Street and California Avenue.

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a. Northern DuPage County in northeastern Illinois…. At 916 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both. tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located over. Streamwood, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD…Tornadoes. SOURCE…Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT…Flying debris will...

Cook County Health is proud to announce that John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a high-performing organization in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney failure. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings. High-performing organizations are distinguished as performing significantly better than the national average. U.S. News evaluated more than 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience. “Recognition by US News & World Report underscores Cook County Health’s commitment to ensuring optimal health outcomes in a medically complex population and to advancing health equity by making high-quality care accessible to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay,” said Dr. Erik Mikaitis, Interim CEO, CCH. “These honors are a testament to the incredible work of the Cook County Health team who go above and beyond every day to provide exceptional care.” The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

Paying tax bill online is easy and safe, but you can also pay by mail or in person. Property owners face an Aug. 1 due date to pay their Second Installment 2023 tax bills. Many homeowners authorize their mortgage company to pay their two annual property tax installments from an escrow account. They pay their mortgage company an amount every month to cover the cost of taxes as well as principal and interest on their home loan. But many others are responsible for paying tax bills themselves. Those property owners have several ways to pay their property taxes:

Cook County homeowners hit by record property tax bill hikes have the option of making partial payments if they are unable to pay their bill in full by the Aug. 1 due date, Treasurer Maria Pappas said. The Treasurer’s Office realizes people can’t always come up with the money in time, especially given the historic property tax increases this year in the south and southwest suburbs. If you can’t come up with all the money by Aug. 1, there is another option available to you. “Instead of trying to come up with the full amount my office accepts and encourages partial payments for current taxes to ease the burden of paying the full amount at once,” Pappas said. “This option may be more manageable for homeowners and small businesses to pay over several months.”

A month after Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed $20 million in tax rebates for seven local businesses, they were approved this week by the Chicago City Council.<\p> The Cook County Class 6(b) and 7(a) property tax incentives are used to encourage revitalization of underutilized commercial and industrial properties.<\p>

Record-high increases in property tax bills have shocked and angered many Cook County. property owners, especially in the south suburbs. Second Installment 2023 bills are online at cookcountytreasurer.com and arriving in. mailboxes in early July. Bills are due Aug. 1. My office recently released an analysis of the nearly 1.8...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A Vietnam veteran expressed his shock last week after receiving a $6,200 Cook County property tax bill, despite previously being exempt due to his 100-percent disability status. John Tennison, a former Marine, was stunned to see the bill, having not owed any property taxes in the...

When a driver allegedly tried to hit Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx with his pickup truck and drenched her with soda after she had given him the finger, her chief investigator and security detail sprung into action and tracked the suspect to a library in Flossmoor, the Sun-Times has learned.

A strong line of storms moving through the Chicago area sparked a number of tornado warnings Monday night.For the latest coverage on this story, please click hereABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchA Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Lake County (IL) until 12:30 a.m. CDT Tuesday.Storms initially developed near the Iowa border and moved east toward Chicago, ABC7 Chicago meteorologists said. The storms reached the far western suburbs around 8 p.m. and arrived in Chicago after 9 p.m.All of Cook County is under a Tornado Warning until 10 p.m. Monday, a rare occurrence.ABC7 Chicago meteorologists...

CHICAGO - Cook County is opening cooling centers due to a forecast of heat indexes reaching up to 100 degrees from Sunday through Tuesday. The centers will be available 24 hours a day, starting at 7 a.m. on July 14 and running through 4:30 p.m. on July 16. They are located at the Skokie, Maywood, and Markham Courthouses.

Cook County, Illinois, homeowner Darryl Lloyd was stunned when he received a property tax bill for more than $30,000 for his residence. Last year, his bill was a little over $1,800. The tax assessor's office said it miscalculated the value of Lloyd's home and about 4,400 others. They promise these property owners will get corrected tax bills, but Lloyd said he hasn't gotten his yet.

Downed trees and powerlines from Sunday's severe weather has left more than 15,000 ComEd customers without power as of 6 a.m. Monday morning. According to ComEd's outage map, as of 6:30 a.m., 17,797 customers across the Chicago area were without power. Earlier Monday morning, that number was lower. By 7 a.m., that number had dipped to 15,980.

Shorewood, IL – A flood watch is in effect for portions of Illinois and northwest Indiana until 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, with flash flooding possible due to excessive rainfall. The affected areas include Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry, Will, and many other counties in Illinois, as well as Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter in Indiana.

The Illinois Medical District is just over a mile south of the United Center where the DNC will take place. Rush University Medical Center, Cook County’s Stroger Hospital and UI Health Stroger are preparing for worst case scenarios, such as mass shootings, explosions and injured protestors. Reset hears how...

Multiple alerts were issued across the Midwest on July 14, 2024, as severe thunderstorms rolled through the region, causing widespread damage. The severe weather threat is expected to continue until July 16. On July 15, the Midwest and Plains regions of the United States continued to experience severe weather conditions...

CHICAGO - The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed on Monday that three EF-0 tornadoes touched down in Kane and Cook counties Sunday night. "Our survey teams continue to investigate damage from last night's storms. So far, we have determined that an EF-0 tornado occurred in the Elburn area & 2 EF-0 tornado paths have been found on the south side of Chicago. Survey teams continue to [work] hard this afternoon," the NWS said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Mental health and vision health are closely linked. Studies have shown that people with vision impairments are at an increased risk for depression, anxiety, and other psychological conditions. Unfortunately, many of these conditions can go untreated for any number of reasons leading to poorer overall health. To help alter this...