The Cook County Sheriff’s Department has improved the speed at which orders of protection are served, resulting in a 22% ...

Two shootings in the Loop happened just hours after the tree lighting ceremony in Millennium Park, which brought thousands of ...

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...

Legislation from the Illinois General Assembly has opened the door for Cook County to fund immigrants’ legal services with ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m.

Due to the delay in issuing the 2024 2nd installments of real estate tax bills, the Cook County Board of Review has made an unprecedented ...

Lawrence Reed, 50, allegedly poured gasoline over a 26-year-old woman on a Chicago train and later set her on fire Monday ...

I understand your position, but I can’t keep everybody in jail because the state’s attorney wants me to,” the judge told ...

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a Chicago commuter train has a decades long criminal history, prosecutors ...

Transcripts show prosecutors warned before his release. Reed now faces federal terrorism charges in the Blue Line attack.

This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in ...

An Indiana man is facing a slew of felony charges after authorities say they found nearly 200 pounds of marijuana and ...