Some 150 students from two dozen high schools across Cook County aren’t just learning about elections in their civics classes ...

Dubbed “Defenders of DA’mocracy,” students are training to run early voting sites at their schools for the March election.

The Cook County Clerk’s Office and Chicago Bears this week launched Defenders of DA’Mocracy, a program to train 150 high ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Clerk is looking to recruit military veterans to work as election judges in the upcoming midterm and gubernatorial election. Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough said her ...

COOK COUNTY (WLS) -- The death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has caused confusion and delays in processing vital records, including birth, death and marriage certificates. The clerk's office ...

The couple issued Cook County’s first marriage license of 2026 were married Friday morning at the Cook County Clerk’s Office, ...

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The Humboldt Park couple won the annual lottery to become the first married couple of the new year. County Clerk Monica ...

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who was recently hospitalized for a serious medical condition, has died. She was 73. Yarbrough passed away Sunday afternoon surrounded by her family and husband, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been hospitalized with an undisclosed medical condition. In a statement, Yarbrough's office confirmed she was being treated with a "serious ...