Attorney Mark W. Smith of The Four Boxes Diner says Cook County has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to deny review in ...

Mariyana Spyropoulos took office in December and began to do what she promised to do: improving trust and transparency.

Illinois residents argue that Chicago's policy of prohibiting officers from accepting cash bail if the warrant was issued ...

Defendants, witnesses, and other parties to cases in Chicago-area county courthouses can’t be subject to civil arrests without a judicial warrant, the Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Court said in ...

A new order from Cook County's top judge takes effect Wednesday. Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans is barring civil arrests of people while at county courts. That includes courthouse ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle joined a petition filed last week by the Cook County Public Defender's office ...

Several people are suing the owner and general manager of the Offshore Rooftop restaurant at Navy Pier, after they were ...

About a dozen immigration-related arrests have taken place at or near county courthouses since July, according to the Public Defender's Office.

The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling made in a lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over ...