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For months, Sheriff Tom Dart has been trying to keep cases under control at the Cook County Jail. And as CBS News' Adriana Diaz reported, Dart said he has had success despite a recent uptick.
One man who ran for judge in Cook County claims thousands of ballots mysteriously materialized after the Nov. 17 deadline to count them, and it cost him the race.
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has issued an order that all court matters should be conducted by teleconference or videoconference except in "extraordinary or compelling circumstances."
The Cook County judicial system, Chicago Bar Foundation and city of Chicago Department of Housing are all on board in support of the legal aid for housing and debt program.
A 13-year-old girl who had been reported missing from unincorporated Elk Grove Township has been found safe.
It's more than just sticker shock – homeowners in the south suburbs have found whopping increases in their latest property tax bills.
In what seems like a gift from the tax collector, Chicago and north suburban homeowners have been getting letters in the mail notifying them of a pandemic-related tax break.
In-person visitation is being suspended at the Cook County Jail with COVID-19 rates spiking in both Chicago and suburban Cook County.
A judge and four more employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Cook County Circuit Court, the Office of the Chief Judge announced.
Officials are urging suburbanites to stay at home as much as possible for the next 30 days, and only leave for essential activities.
"If the community is not under control, if the community is not being serious about masks, and social distancing, and that, and COVID is spreading, it will impact us negatively. There's no two ways about it," Dart said.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Sunday that she has taken a precautionary COVID-19 test after a member of her staff tested positive for the virus.
Vanessa Ceja Ramirez, who was found dead in a south suburban forest preserve, was strangled to death, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office now says. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
O'Brien hammered Foxx on how she handled the Jussie Smollett case. He also repeatedly criticized her for how she handled violent crime and unrest in Chicago this year.
Foxx said O'Brien called her late Tuesday night to congratulate her. "I want to thank him for running a formidable race," Foxx said at her election night headquarters at the Kinzie Hotel in downtown Chicago.
The Cook County Clerk's office said it was granted a court order to extend voting by one hour at 17 suburban precincts due to late openings, or a late change in polling place location.
Normally, a Democrat running for re-election to a countywide seat in Cook County would be a virtual shoe-in for re-election, but Foxx has been hampered by controversies that have fueled support for O'Brien, who has actually outraised the incumbent during the general election.
The initiative also includes a pilot program specifically aimed at the manufacturing sector to avert layoffs.
A man is in serious condition after his SUV crashed into the side of the Cook County Jail Monday night.
For months, Cheryl Dirago said she has only been able to leave her room at Asbury Court Supportive and Independent Living in Des Plaines for the essentials. Now, she wants to know why voting isn't included.
"Region 10, on the other hand, is the first region in Illinois to earn additional mitigations not because of its positivity rate alone, but because its positivity rate and its COVID-related hospitalizations have both seen a sustained increase over the last 10 days."
"We will continue to work diligently to do everything we can to keep businesses operational. And resources residents need to stay in their homes. That's a promise."
Chicago's infamous serial stowaway, Marilyn Hartman, is no stranger to airports – or courtrooms.
The online tracking will show them still there until election judges triple check signatures to verify the ballots.
