The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a ...

A young woman set ablaze on the Blue Line wouldn’t have been attacked if the Cook County chief judge’s electronic monitoring ...

After the fire was put out, Martinez Duncan, 24, was removed from the cell and brought to a holding area where he became ...

The Cook County Chief Judge’s Office is considering policy changes after a woman was badly burned on a CTA train.

Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans said his office is “reviewing all actions” after a Chicago man who had been out on pretrial ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.

A Cook County man on parole for aggravated robbery has been ordered held pretrial after being charged with robbing an Oak ...

Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Wisconsin Slender Man stabbing a decade ago, appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday ...

The woman convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing will not fight extradition after her escape from Wisconsin.

Cook County, Illinois has become a focal point in the national debate over how local governments can support residents facing ...

The Cook County Sheriff's Department has improved the speed at which orders of protection are served, resulting in a 22% ...

A 16-year-old Venezuelan migrant has been charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in the Loop last weekend, Cook County court records show.