Vigil For Park Forest Girl Murdered in 1984
Two-and-a-half years ago, the man who was convicted of the murder, Christopher Abernathy, was freed after 29 years in prison after DNA evidence exonerated him.
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Two-and-a-half years ago, the man who was convicted of the murder, Christopher Abernathy, was freed after 29 years in prison after DNA evidence exonerated him.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says there's more work to do because many minorities stay behind bars while waiting on their cases.
A Cook County Commissioner is asking his colleagues to pass a resolution calling on state lawmakers to approve recreational marijuana after the first of the year.
Cook County is launching a new program that will allow more people to become homeowners.
A woman talked of her anger and guilt over the death of her sister, a victim of domestic violence, and how she was a social worker who missed the signs.
Retaliation? An industrial firm that fled Illinois while complaining about the state's business climate is now having trouble collecting a Cook County tax refund.
A 44-year-old woman was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle by a man near 108th Street and Michigan Avenue in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.
A Cook County Board Committee has approved a measure prohibiting most private drones from flying over Cook County Jail and other County property.
A showdown on the controversial tax will be held next month.
After an investigation into time fraud, the Cook County Sheriff's Office wants to fire 11 deputies, two supervisors and suspend 35 officers.
Until recently, the sheriff's office had indicated it had gone as far as it could go with the investigation.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying a child found dead in a vacant Markham home during a house fire last month.
A 47-year-old inmate died Sunday night after collapsing at the Cook County Jail.
Makers of Cool Mountain Beverages say they're already feeling the pinch from the controversial penny-an-ounce soda tax. WBBM's Regine Schlesinger reports.
The Cook County Sheriff's office announced Thursday that a prisioner has been charged for leaving a loaded handgun in a jail garbage can prompting a lockdown on Tuesday.
The sheriff's office a handgun small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, was found in a holding area between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Had the sheriff and prosecutors not intervened, she would have been returned to jail and waited a month without bond before her next hearing
Deandre Barnes allegedly fired shots at a sheriff's officer Sunday at his home in the 1400 block of Diplomat Lane in Ford Heights.
At risk is $86.8 million in federal funding for SNAP clients across Illinois – not just Cook County.
There has been pushback from retailers since a court cleared Cook County government's controversial soda tax last week.
A spokesperson for Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle says now that legal attempts to block the tax seem exhausted, it's best to move on.
The tax was supposed to go into effect July 1, but it started Wednesday instead, after retailers lost their bid to keep a restraining order in place.
Opponents say new tax will put many independent- and family-owned stores and restaurants out of business.
Cook County advocates are pushing for an ongoing fund to help low-income people who might lose their homes because of unpaid property tax bills.
The National Johns Suppression Initiative ran its 14th operation from June 28-July 31, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.
