Newly married couple Elizabeth Branske and Melissa Nunez of Humbolt Park smile following their wedding Friday at the Cook ...

Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske became the first couple married by the Cook County Clerk in 2026 Friday morning.

This is the first time two brides won the marriage license lottery and tied the knot. Two men won back in 2022.

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

Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske, a couple from Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, made history as the first female ...

FILE - Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky., on Sept. 1 2015. (AP Photo ...