Ceremony Planned For Desecrated Remains From Burr Oak Cemetery
A re-internment ceremony is scheduled for the human remains and grave items recovered when desecration was found in 2009 at a cemetery in suburban Chicago.
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A re-internment ceremony is scheduled for the human remains and grave items recovered when desecration was found in 2009 at a cemetery in suburban Chicago.
Cook County's embattled Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown scored a big victory today as some county board members suddenly abandoned their plan to make the clerk's job an appointed post.
The plan to redevelop the old Cook County Hospital Building, and upgrade medical care in the area cleared the Cook County Board's Finance Committee, setting up a final vote Wednesday, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri wants Springfield to change the Cook County Circuit Court clerk from an elected position to an appointed one, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A lockdown was lifted at Cook County jail on Monday, a day after a huge wave of sick day call-ins on Mother's Day, and Sheriff Tom Dart said he's trying to determine if any of those who missed work should be disciplined.
Cook County Jail has been placed on lockdown as a result of a staffing shortage, according to a statement on the Cook County sheriff's office's website.
Forty activists and family members gathered Saturday outside the Cook County Jail to try to wish a Happy Mother's Day to women who are incarcerated.
A former Cook County Jail inmate has sued a correctional officer over a beating at the jail three years ago.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m. near the 10000 block of Holly Lane when a man who appeared to be holding a knife told a 10-year-old boy to "come here."
Under Richard Boykin's ordinance, salaries of each county commissioner and the board president, Toni Preckwinkle, would drop by $10,000 annually.
Inmates being dragged, manhandled, and forced to the ground; Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has released six videos showing deputies using excessive force, saying the public has the right to know.
Known abusers who obtain a pet, or any pet shop, rescue or individual caught selling an abuser a pet would be subject to fines up to $5,000.
Lockers were removed early this month over security concerns, but county officials announced Friday that various departments agreed to a revised system at the courthouse at 26th and California.
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the decision last month after Cook County facilities management officials said the lockers had to be removed "due to security and staffing concerns," according to a statement from Evans' office.
The nation's second most-populated county lost nearly 10,500 residents between 2014 and 2015, leaving it with 5.2 million residents.
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has asked a Cook County judge to excuse him from attending status hearings in his murder case, due to threats he has received over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
A Cook County Board hearing is raising is raising the alarm about youth unemployment in the region. Simply put, it's bad, and getting worse, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Questions remain about the death of a 20-year-old Chicago area man who had been in custody for several days before he died.
A CBS 2 and Better Government Association investigation found that Cook County has failed to collect up to $20 million in fines for the tax violations.
When the office lost accreditation in 2011, there was a shortage of staff, and overcrowding that led to bodies being stacked on top of each other.
Two weeks after Mayor Rahm Emanuel embraced a new policy calling for the release of audio and video of police-involved shootings and other serious incidents within 60 days, an attorney is slamming City Hall for withholding video connected to a man's death in police custody last summer in Brighton Park.
In campaign 2016, the handling of the shooting death of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police is a big issue in one of the races in the primary election next month.
One Cook County prisoner has had 20 surgeries. Why are he and others purposefully ingesting the items? CBS 2's Dave Savini talks with Sheriff Tom Dart.
A group of civil rights attorneys, elected officials, and civil rights activists has filed a petition asking a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the Laquan McDonald murder case, claiming Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez can't be trusted to oversee the matter.
It's not clear if the telling documents will be made available to the public, 87 years after the mob-related hit on Chicago's North Side.
