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

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

Steele, an outgoing Board of Review commissioner, repeatedly told officers she was an elected official after she caused a ...

Steele is back to work after being cleared of a drunk driving charge, but she won't be in her office for long. The Cook ...

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

A Chicago alderwoman is trying to get a better idea of who is on electronic monitoring in Cook County and how they're being ...

A Cook County official who was charged with driving under the influence in November of 2024 was found not guilty Tuesday.

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

In an unusual step, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke spoke out against the system of ankle bracelets and ...

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