Cook County Judge Unseals Jussie Smollett Case File, Making All Documents Public
A Cook County judge has vacated the sealing order on Jussie Smollett's case file.
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A Cook County judge has vacated the sealing order on Jussie Smollett's case file.
A 58-year-old man was killed early Wednesday, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in south suburban Harvey.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is asking the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to look into how Advocate Christ Medical Center handled the Marlen Ochoa case.
Parts of Cook County are under a severe thunderstorm warning Sunday afternoon, as a line of storms carrying 60 MPH wind gusts sweeps the area.
Illinois is taking action now that measles is on the rise across the country.
A Chicago man who on May 2 was acquitted of murder and attempted murder charges in a 2017 shooting has been charged in connection with a 2016 murder.
Several inmates have sued the Illinois Department of Corrections over the suspension of a Stateville Correctional Center debate class.
The trial has started for a Rockford man charged in the death of a 2-year-old Rockford boy whose dismembered remains were found in 2015 in a Chicago lagoon.
Twelve students have been transported to area hospitals after a pepper spray incident on a school bus, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
A new study in the medical journal "The Lancet" ranks Cook County as the most vulnerable place in the country for an outbreak.
Even with a law on the books to prevent it and dozens of places a baby can be relinquished completely anonymously across the city, it's more likely babies will be abandoned illegally in Chicago. That's just what happened to one little boy still at Lurie Children's Hospital.
"The state has the tape. I can't get it from them. They have to produce it. They have an obligation to produce it," defense attorney Steve Greenberg said. "Maybe the squirrels are working slowly."
Singer R. Kelly is due back in court this morning for a hearing on his sex abuse case, and a judge could rule on his attorneys' request to preserve all communications between Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti.
Before a Cook County judge could decide on a request to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case, he was asked to recuse himself, because his son works for Foxx's office.
A retired judge is asking for a special prosecutor to be appointed and look into State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
The issue is set to be heard Thursday in front of the Honorable Leroy Martin Jr., the presiding judge of the Cook County Criminal Division. His son, Leroy Martin III is an Assistant State's Attorne, working under Kim Foxx since 2018.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx opposes the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate her office's dismissal of charges against Jussie Smollett.
UPDATE: Two teenagers reported missing from unincorporated Des Plaines were both located in Niles, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said Saturday afternoon.
As the U.S. continues battling the opioid crisis, public agencies all over America on Saturday will give people a chance to rid their homes of unneeded drugs that sit in their medicine cabinets.
Kim Foxx is being sued for an alleged connection to an activist known for his anti-police agenda.
A coin flip last decided a Cook County election in 2013 for Stickney trustee.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has been threatened in a number of threats described by her office as "racially-charged."
While Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is still dealing with the Jussie Smollett case aftermath, another one of her staffers has left.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that five hearts found in a dumpster in the Loop Friday are non-human.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx ran on a platform of reform, but several of those key reformers left the office in recent months.
