Cook County's Trauma Center Marks 50th Anniversary
The concept: Treat traumatically injured patients immediately with a team of specialists --- doctors, nurses, surgeons -- who remain their medical team through recovery.
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The concept: Treat traumatically injured patients immediately with a team of specialists --- doctors, nurses, surgeons -- who remain their medical team through recovery.
Cook County officials expect to issue the county's 10,000th same-sex marriage license this week.
These inmates have little to lose and act out in hazardous ways. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
The human case of West Nile virus in suburban Cook County has been confirmed by the Cook County Department of Public Health.
A Cook County judge has been reprimanded for allowing a law clerk to sit on the bench in a judicial robe and adjudicate at least two cases.
Two detainees charged with taking over a division of the Cook County Jail for about three hours last month have been ordered held on a $1 million bond each.
Division 10 detainees Cordarryl Stevenson and Martin Alvarado took control of the housing unit about 4:30 p.m. on July 28, covering the floor with soapy water and obscuring the fixed cameras in the unit before tearing them down completely, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.
Vermon Patterson threw feces at a deputy in the showering area of the Division 9 housing tier, according to the sheriff's office.
Samples of mosquitos in Cook County are starting to show high levels of West Nile.
More than 200 people were arrested in Cook County during a month-long sting aimed at reducing sex trafficking.
No one was hit, and Chicago police captured the detainee.
A man already detained in the Cook County Jail was charged after he allegedly threw feces at a jail guard Tuesday afternoon.
A man who was attacked by a guard at Cook County Jail two years ago has spoken out for the first time since the officer was charged in the beating.
The attack comes on the heels of a brief takeover and hostage situation at the jail near 26th and California.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office released video and identified the two inmates who took control of a jail housing tier at Cook County Jail.
A Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer has been charged with official misconduct — a felony — for allegedly punching a detainee seven times in a beating captured on video.
The inmate was hospitalized July 6 with symptoms similar to those of pneumonia, according to a statement from the Cook County sheriff's office. Tuesday, the inmate tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, a severe bacterial infection.
Ambulances could be observed taking patients away around 4 p.m. at 31st and California.
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole has a look at how some homeowners are trying to fight back.
Cook County has made a major upgrade to its official government website, and officials said it's truly user-friendly now.
With 24 people shot within 24 hours from Thursday into Friday, Chicago police were worried about a potentially bloody 4th of July holiday weekend.
Inmate Tacorey Killebrew has been involved in more than 50 altercations with jail staff since his arrest, authorities say.
Billed as the first of its kind in the state, a new zip line and treetop obstacle course is open in Western Springs.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office has released several videos showing inmates attacking guards at Cook County Jail
Milan James Brown, jailed for a probation violation, was feeling good. Until nobody showed up to release him.
