Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s ...

I just want to highlight that we’re not building for today, we’re building for tomorrow,” Columbus Councilor Glenn Davis said ...

Illinois is examining Martinez Duncan’s death for potential criminal behavior by jail staff, according to the Cook County ...

Adam Bianchi does not consider himself an administrator. But eight months ago — amid sweeping cuts to federal parks, forests and conservation programs — he got himself that exact title: general ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The widow and son of the late Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer were found dead Tuesday night, Cook County Board of commissioners confirmed. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is among ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A program run by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) called Tails of Redemption is helping detainees and dogs find purpose and build new skills together. Sheriff Tom Dart, who ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The top prosecutor in Cook County tells the I-Team she is a judge by nature and was not initially "equipped or ready for the politics that are involved in this job, and that's a big ...

Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent ...

Could Sioux Falls see another wrecking ball in its future? On April 21, Minnehaha County Commissioners presented the final master plan of a decades-long, quarter-million-dollar campus upgrade, which ...

A new report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons marks the first step in transferring the East Bay site, potentially to ...