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Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
ComEd has issued an urgent warning to people on the West Side of Chicago and in some west and southwest suburbs that the power grid is under "critical strain."
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
Experts said fewer people are dying thanks to interventions that are largely funded by federal grants, and much of that crucial funding is about to dry up. Megan De Mar reports.
After the Supreme Court announced it would take up a challenge to Cook County's assault weapons ban, State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke said she is ready to defend the law before the high court.
The Chicago area is facing a dangerous heat wave next week, with humidity pushing temperatures into the triple digits for days and posing a real risk to life and health.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office has been a part of Illinois' enhanced CTA security plan and state-led task force dedicated to making it safe since the end of March. Their officers have worked more than 4,000 hours a month.
A new initiative at the Cook County Sheriff's Office hopes to help people with autism communicate better with police.
Teams from the National Weather Service on Sunday will be surveying damage caused by storms that brought tornado touchdowns to the Chicago area and other parts of northern Illinois last week. Asal Rezaei reports.
The Wheeling Police Department is investigating the death of an 8-year-old child Thursday.
Four months after saying "it's a lock" that property tax bills would go out on time this year, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced second installment bills will be approximately two months late.
After weeks of planning, the Chicago City Council Public Safety Committee on Tuesday hosted a hearing on Cook County's embattled electronic monitoring program, but a few key partners were missing.
The next round of Cook County property tax bills will be delayed by approximately two months, officials announced Tuesday.
The man charged with the murder of a Loyola freshman in Rogers Park faces new charges after being found with a weapon in jail, the Cook County sheriff said.
Of the nearly 250 people considered AWOL from Cook County's electronic monitoring program, almost a third of them are facing charges for violent crimes.
A Chicago judge denied a request to appoint a special prosecutor for investigations into federal agent misconduct during Operation Midway Blitz last fall.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office recovered $1.5 million worth of laptops when they found a trailer that had been stolen last week.
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke on Monday announced a new task force dedicated to fighting crime on the Chicago area's mass transit system.
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office will announced a new taskforce Monday bringing federal officers on board to help with crime on CTA.
A burglary suspect was taken into custody after allegedly stealing a Cook County Sheriff's car on Saturday morning.
Park Forest police have reunited a lost horse with its owner after it was found wandering near Western and Steger Friday morning.
Seven stores in a strip mall in Maine Township in unincorporated Cook County were burglarized overnight, after thieves smashed their windows, leaving business owners trying to pick up the pieces.
One in 12 accused criminals in Cook County's electronic monitoring program are currently AWOL, according to a new report from the county's chief judge.
While most efforts to combat domestic violence focus on victims, survivors and breakdowns in systems meant to protect them, one Cook County program is shifting the work to the abusers and breaking the cycle of violence.
A Cook County judge will not rule on a controversial petition calling for a special prosecutor to be assigned to investigations related to Operation Midway Blitz Monday, she said.
