At her swearing-in ceremony six months ago, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke promised a tougher approach to tackling violent crime.

At first, Victor Reynolds didn't speak and just breathed heavily over the phone, according to prosecutors. However, he ...

“You can put them in jail, or you can ... though not Illinois. “Illinois isn’t even at the constitutional bare minimum floor right now,” said Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A decision is imminent in a lawsuit over immigration enforcement in the state of Illinois that has ... detainer was being held in Cook County jail in August 2024, and following ...

Adrian Rucker is charged with confronting police while armed with an assault-style gun, which led an officer to open fire and ...

Community members gather outside the Cook County Jail for the annual Free Our Moms ... s prison Logan Correctional Center in downstate Illinois to the besieged open-air prison of Gaza.

"These claims were made years before Sheriff Dart took office and are based on past practices at the Cook County Jail - practices which haven't existed in years," said Sheriff's Department ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett will donate $50,000 to a local nonprofit organization to settle a city lawsuit that ...

Fourth-year student Sophie Tedesco has been awarded the University of Chicago’s highest undergraduate honor, the Hugo F.

Michael Madigan’s sentencing hearing will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in Chicago since the ...