Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked ... 2023 eliminated cash bail in Illinois. After the measure took effect ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution honoring Evanston Police Chief Schenita Stewart for her ...

There’s been renewed attention on the case thanks to the Cook County sheriff’s office appeal ... missing for three or more years throughout Illinois,” she said. “Our Missing Persons ...

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief Judge Timothy Evans' office has acknowledged it will need more than 150 ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Sangamon County Sheriff ... Illinois should be liable to recall by their constituents if they're not doing their job properly,” Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, said. Only ...

A cemetery worker is accused of stealing portions of payments made by families planning funerals, Illinois police ... full amount to her employer, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said in an ...

so many ambitious Illinois Dems are keeping their powder dry for the moment. Down-ticket, hopefuls were already staking their claims at the Cook County Democratic Party’s pre-slating meeting ...

State to file migrant sanctuary response The state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago ... bust A California man remains jailed after police said they found $10 million of cocaine ...