The transfers were possible due to Cook County's minimal oversight and lack of clear rules to prevent local officials from giving away seized properties.

Advocates say measure could affect 1.7M Illinoisians and allow people to re-enter the workforce.

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme cold warning from 3 a.m. Friday until noon for central Cook County, ...

In the less than nine years the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has existed, its investigators have probed 138 ...

The Chicago area will be under an Extreme Cold Warning on Friday. Local officials are warning residents to be ready for the ...

Illinois Farm Bureau is awarding a record 34 grants to support nutrient stewardship and pollinator projects led by county ...

The lawsuit alleges The Nest leaders and employees placed the children in dangerous conditions and failed to monitor the ...

The 41-year-old is also accused of driving while license suspended, according to police.

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors said the assailants watched the judge and his girlfriend for days ...

A Cook County judge just rewired a big piece of Chicago’s police-oversight machinery, ruling Wednesday that Illinois law does allow the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate fatal ...

Three people were arrested this week after police said they destroyed campaign posters for a candidate for Cook County ...

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors said the assailants watched the judge and his girlfriend for days before ...