Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a ...

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has released preliminary statistics for cases handled in 2025. Homicides and opioid ...

For the first time since 2014, Cook County recorded fewer than 600 homicides in a year. The medical examiner handled 541 ...

The Cook County medical examiner’s office is reporting a significant decline in the number of homicides and opioid overdose ...

New data from the Cook County Medical Examiner shows a drop in murders and opioid-related deaths. We break down what the ...

Losing a loved one in any circumstance can be a painful experience, but for some families in Chicago, that pain is being compounded by what's been happening at the Cook County morgue in recent weeks.

A blanket of snow covered the bed of mud at Homewood Gardens. There was no hearse for the departed. It was a single rental truck carrying wooden coffins, crates containing the remains of 22 adults and ...

A report found 21 violations at the facility, 15 of which are considered serious. Illinois Dept. of Labor report on Cook County Morgue In January, ABC 7's I-Team first revealed photos showing bodies ...

A woman has died after a house fire on Chicago's Northwest Side over the weekend. That fire happened Sunday morning in the ...