A Cook County Jail correctional officer was hurt at the county jail on Friday evening, according to CFD officials.

A disposable glove filled with pieces of drug-soaked paper has led to the indictment of a 28-year-old man on a contraband ...

Judges are spending more time on initial court hearings as they weigh whether to detain or release defendants. However, ...

Two U. of C. students are suing Cook County in federal court over claims that Sheriff Tom Dart, who oversees the jail, had ...

Pledging to “build a safer, stronger Cook County,” new State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced policy changes Monday ...

Eileen O'Neill Burke is set to be sworn in as the new Cook County State's Attorney Monday morning, after winning the race ...

A Sewickley Township man who pleaded guilty last year to running a down a man outside a Hempfield townhouse three years ago ...

Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi, accused shooter in a hate crime, was found dead by apparent suicide in Cook County Jail.

Zachariah Cook was apprehended after police said he hid in a shed on a property in the 300 block of N. Monroe Street in Fulton.

A man accused of shooting a Jewish man near a synagogue in West Rogers Park over a month ago was found dead in the Cook ...

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office was able to locate a man wanted on Child Abuse charges while serving a search warrant in the 300 block of N. Monroe St. in Fulton on Tuesday.

A Chicago hate crime shooting suspect is dead after being found unresponsive at the Cook County Jail's health center, the ...