A man has been charged with arson and murder in connection with a fire that killed four people – including a pregnant woman, ...

New drop box features a surveillance camera to record who drops off ballots, an electronic screen to confirm successful ...

Eight graduates have completed the Cook County Mental Health Court program. A graduation celebration was held Thursday at the Skokie courthouse.

Four people were injured, three critically, in a mass shooting near the Cook County Courthouse early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.Officers responded to a call about walk-in gunshot victims at ...

A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging Cook County strips homeowners of equity when auctioning ...

The Cook County Circuit Clerk’s office has launched a new data dashboard providing the public with data about court filings dating back to 2020. Users can filter information by area of law ...

The house explosion that killed a 76-year-old man in Crestwood last month was caused by a natural gas leak, according to a ...

The Cook County Criminal Justice Dashboard provides a new way for residents to access local criminal justice data ...

Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans, shown at an award ceremony in February at Malcolm X College, has led the criminal courts for more than two decades.

A photo provided by a source shows a chair believed to have been used in a break-in July 22 at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s offices at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, which resulted in ...

Police are actively searching for a man who ran out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago Monday after his hearing. 32-year-old Richard Donta J. Cotton walked into the courthouse after ...