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South Side Chicago Couple Receives First Cook County Marriage License Of 2025
The couple received Cook County's first marriage license of 2025 through a lottery drawing of more than 200 couples.

January 3, 2025
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A South Chicago neighborhood couple is starting the new year as husband and wife.
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Aisha Buford-Morrison, 26, and Terrell Johnson, 28, were the first to receive a marriage license in Cook County in 2025—after a five-year courtship.
The couple received Cook County's first marriage license of 2025 through a lottery drawing of more than 200 couples. They were married by Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon.
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