The Cook County state's attorney said her office is now making domestic violence cases a priority after a number of recent murders tied to domestic cases.

A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, officials said.

A 55-year-old Glenview man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of James Solger. Solger, 61, was found dead ...

A man wanted for escaping electronic monitoring while awaiting trial on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault has been ...

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage ...

The deal, put forward at a Bureau County Board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14, would have sent up to 50 of Cook County's inmates ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

A Cook County Sheriff's Police officer struck a pedestrian with a squad car, critically injuring them on Milwaukee Avenue in ...

Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee ...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said her office is reinforcing its diversity, equity and inclusion measures amid “threatening rhetoric and cruel policies” from the federal government that are ...