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Cook Co. official tries to distance herself from DUI arrest, eyes assessor job
In her first interview since the incident, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele explained what led up to the arrest.
Cook County amnesty week for moving traffic violation fees underway
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Drivers have a chance to wipe the slate clean on certain traffic violations, according to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Amnesty Week is back for the first time since ...
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Cook County man charged after nurse, police officer attacked in hospital ER: sheriff
A 24-year-old Bellwood man is in custody after allegedly attacking a nurse and a police officer in the emergency room at ...
4 Cook County men stole from multiple Home Depot stores, prosecutors say
Four men from Cook County stole from multiple west suburban Home Depot stores over the last several weeks, prosecutors said.
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Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
Unprovoked killings in downtown Chicago show a need for more mental health resources
Many ways to improve treatment are expensive and could be in peril if Medicaid funding is slashed by the Trump administration ...
Failure to treat, failure to protect: For accused mentally ill killers and their victims in Chicago, help is too little, too late
People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...
Hammond man held in Lansing shooting that wounded 2
David Lira, 21, of Hammond, Indiana, is being held in Cook County Jail on charges of attempted murder in a Lansing shooting ...
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For accused mentally ill killers and their victims, help comes too little too late
People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...