Cook County Submitted Content
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Crespo Introduces Legislation to Consolidate Policing of Cook County Forest PreservesFeb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As a way to reduce ineffective and redundant government entities, state Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, announced he is sponsoring legislation t...
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Cook County Health Calls For Stricter Gun Regulation on Anniversary of Parkland ShootingFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - Cook County Health (CCH) urges legislators to take action to reduce gun violence on the first anniversary that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School i...
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Get cozy with Long Grove Cocoa Crawl Feb. 2Jan 27, 2019 10:00 pm - Crawl out of winter hibernation and stroll around Historic Downtown Long Grove and enjoy a hot cup of cocoa, or two or three on Saturday, Feb. 2. The Historic Downtown L...
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Chicago Area Clean Cities elects leaders in clean air, clean vehicles to its boardJan 21, 2019 10:00 pm - Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC) today announced the election of representatives from the American Lung Association, Nissan, Cummins, Inc., Exelon Corporation, and the F...
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Cook County Health and Office of the Chief Judge Expand Efforts to Reduce Opioid AddictionJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - Cook County Health (CCH) and the Office of the Chief Judge (OCJ) are expanding their efforts to reduce the prevalence of opioid addiction in the Adult Probation Departme...
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Cook County to help fund local road projectsJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - For the third consecutive year, Cook County will make available $8.5 million in grants to help cover the cost of transportation improvements sponsored by local governmen...
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Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center and Cook County Health HIV Integrated Program launch 'CORE Healthy Aging Initiative 2.0'Jan 13, 2019 10:00 pm - In 2018, 920 people aged 60 years or older living with HIV received primary are at the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center. As people living with HIV age, a significant propor...
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Celebrate 'Little Women' with historical society teaJan 10, 2019 10:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Historical Society invites you to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the classic book "Little Women" from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Mount P...
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Cook County Health recognizes Cervical Health Awareness MonthJan 01, 2019 10:00 pm - January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is preventable with vaccination...
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Meet the downy woodpecker - designed for drilling holesDec 16, 2018 10:00 pm - If it weren't for owls, I'd be a woodpecker guy. Like owls, woodpeckers have some amazing adaptations. The downy woodpecker, our country's smallest woodpecker, can be fo...