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

Edward Traywick Jr. was sentenced to 6 months in jail and probation for reckless discharge of a firearm that injured a woman ...

Cook County property tax bills will be late again this year, the treasurer’s office bluntly affirmed this week, as various offices continue to try to catch up from last year’s troubles and address ...

More than 700,000 Cook County residents rely on SNAP, and federal policy changes now under debate could reshape who qualifies ...

The re-entry organization Bridge to Freedom held a Mother’s Day event for about 80 people incarcerated at the jail Friday.

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...

Most of the evictions were on the South Side, records suggest. But a quarter of the cases are missing key information, ...

A Cook County elected official has been found not guilty of driving under the influence following a bench trial stemming from ...

A Cook County man is charged with DUI after a crash on I-355 that killed a 65-year-old woman. Police say he cut across lanes ...

A Cook County elected official who was accused of drunk driving in late 2024 has been found not guilty. Samantha Steele, who ...