Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, ...

Seven men are facing felony charges after authorities said they used a corridor in the South Loop to peddle drugs. Cook ...

The Cook County sheriff says drug deals near a Chicago grocery store ended in felony charges against seven people.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you drive a car, you are vulnerable. It doesn't matter what neighborhood or time of day because carjackers can strike anytime. It happened just three weeks ago to Hillary. Too ...

After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new electronic monitoring participants, marking the beginning of a shift in one way ...

After a public comment period, the Cook County commissioners approved the sheriff's department to use body-worn cameras.

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.

Keeping track of the ballot for the Democratic primary for Cook County sheriff has taken some work. Carmen Navarro Gercone, chief rival to incumbent Tom Dart, was removed from the ballot by the Cook ...

Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and ...

The women are subjected to "daily assaults' from detainees, the lawsuit states. — -- Hundreds of women employed with the public defender's office in Cook County, Illinois have filed a ...