An Illinois appeals court may soon decide whether to undo a controversial order by a Cook County judge that kept video ...

Chicago Documenters is partnering with Illinois Network for PreTrial Justice (INPJ) to document Cook County’s adherence to the 2023 SAFE-T Act’s Pretrial Fairness Act. This act replaced the county’s ...

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday said “a thorough analysis is being conducted” to assess the legality of a mayoral executive order that directs Chicago police to ...

Changes are coming to Cook County's electronic monitoring system starting this weekend. They are aimed at making the system ...

An Illinois appeals court may soon decide whether to undo a controversial order by a Cook County judge that kept video ...

Judge Tyria Walton vacated a 2003 conviction and ordered Antonio Porter released on electronic monitoring pending retrial.

A Florida woman was escorted out of court due to an unruly outburst while she was being sentenced for the murder of her ...

When Collier Circuit Judge Joseph Foster announced Amanda Cook's sentence, the killer began to yell and bailiffs removed her.

Some 150 students from two dozen high schools across Cook County aren’t just learning about elections in their civics classes. They’ll soon help run them. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon and her staff ...

Vikki Radford credits access to health care through CountyCare, a Medicaid plan, for keeping her alive by allowing her doctors to detect two types of cancers in the early stages. Radford, 64, of ...

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The Cook County medical examiner’s office is reporting a significant decline in the number of homicides and opioid overdose deaths in 2025. Additionally, the agency is reporting a 4.2% drop in the ...