The 1.8 million second installment property tax bills for the 2024 tax year will be mailed Nov. 14, county officials announced Friday.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said its Fugitive Apprehension Unit, working with the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, arrested 40-year-old John Banuelos on Oct. 17 in west suburban Cicero.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said 15 people were arrested on Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility, after a coalition of suburban moms staged a protest outside.

North Dakota State University President David Cook, a finalist in Iowa State University's presidential search, visited the Ames campus this week.

Cook said he didn’t always have an easy time of it in his early years. Being trashed by Joan Rivers was a learning experience.

Bills running back James Cook (ankle) and defensive end Joey Bosa (wrist) returned to practice on Thursday. Both players were limited after sitting out on-field work Wednesday. Cook tweaked his ankle in Sunday's victory but still played 76 percent of the snaps and rushed for 114 yards.

When regular pasta is boiled in salted water, the gluten inside of it maintains its structure, and the starch granules are less deteriorated by the cooking process. The optimal amount of salt to use is seven grams per liter of water, with more water required for larger amounts of pasta.

Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is incredible from start to finish, a heart-wrenching tragedy with themes about what makes us human. Del Toro wrote and directed this incredible film that’s reflects some of Mary Shelley’s original 1818 novel about the scientist Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) who sets out to conquer death.