The Cook County state’s attorney’s office announced Friday that it is expanding a pilot program allowing Chicago police officers to bypass prosecutors and directly file charges in some low ...

This ankle monitor is used in Cook County’s electronic monitoring program. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share The Cook County sheriff’s office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring ...

COOK COUNTY — A man accused of gunning down six people at random during a nine-month span in 2020, when he was a teenager, has a detention hearing Monday before a Cook County judge. Antonio ...

A new interactive map might help Cook County drivers avoid road construction and get around the Chicago area faster this summer. The Cook County Department of Transportation released its 2025 ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Monday that she is running for another term. Preckwinkle cited her concerns with the Trump administration as a reason to run for reelection.

With a year to go until the 2026 primary election, Democratic Cook County officials are marking their territory. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Sheriff Tom Dart, Treasurer Maria Pappas ...

Washington County, Maryland, has reinstated a burn ban due to elevated fire danger after lifting a previous ban just days prior. The ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including campfires ...

SUSSEX CO., DE - A Westminster, Maryland man was arrested for home improvement fraud after multiple investigations in Sussex County. The Delaware State Police say they arrested 26-year-old Dylan ...

The Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has acknowledged that Ghana’s Constitution grants excessive power to the president, a situation he says undermines ...

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday to allow the state to use a $25 million pot of money to fund abortion services, paving the way for the state to become the first in the country to use ...

The Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has expressed confidence that the ongoing constitutional review process will result in meaningful reforms. Speaking ...