After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

"The Sixth Sense" actor Haley Joel Osment apologizes after his shocking arrest was caught on police body cam footage. The ...

Cook County has designated April as "Second Chance Month" to support reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals.

The $12.1 million family medicine clinic joins a network of 14 county-run facilities in the Chicago area, serving neighbors ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

Cook County commissioners approved the one-time payments from a new $15 million fund that aims to provide homeowners some ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the “I Speak” Cards will “immensely help people throughout this county.” “This is not some theoretical thing that sounds nice,” Dart emphasized.

The $15 million program would help pay eligible residents who have seen their property tax bills spike since 2021.

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