South Cook News

Local Cook County governments help cut assessments by $2.7 billion

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 7, 2020

Intervention by Cook County taxing bodies reduced land value estimates from the Assessor’s office by more than $2.7 billion.

2-minute blood draw for COVID-19 antibodies may bring salvation to Illinois and the nation

By Bob Pepalis | Apr 13, 2020

Antibody testing for COVID-19 appears critical as the Illinois Department of Public Health announced another 1,173 new cases of the coronavirus on April 13 and 74 more deaths.

From North Cook News

More Cook County residents felled by flu in 2017-18 than COVID-19

By Bob Pepalis | 4 years ago

More than 28,000 Cook County residents contracted strains of influenza during the 2017-2018 flu season, far more than the 4,767 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported here so far. Skeptics may point out the coronavirus might only have reached Cook County by January.