Over 800,000 Cook County Residents Needed Food Assistance, Study Finds
A new study says a lot of Chicago area people continue to have a hard time feeding themselves and their families.
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A new study says a lot of Chicago area people continue to have a hard time feeding themselves and their families.
The head of Cook County Jail said she'll find room for any and all fugitives picked up by teams of Chicago police officers and Illinois state troopers in the coming month, and put them in the jail's custody.
The Bears lost a case in an Illinois appeals court.
Police and fire departments across suburban Cook County might be in line for some budget cuts, as huge pension problems loom, according to a report from a government watchdog.
A car crash - then a foot chase on the Eisenhower Expressway early Sunday morning just east of First Avenue.
As of 2012, for every 100,000 Illinois residents, 381 of them were in prison.
The county's Board of Commissioners has approved an ordinance aimed at making public buildings more energy efficient -- with the goal of sharply cutting greenhouse gases emitted by county-owned buildings.
CBS 2's Pam Zekman helps Cook County authorities set up some fake-ticket makers.
Farad Polk went to Cook County Jail on the evening of July 5, to visit his son, and ended up imprisoned himself inside a small visiting room in the super maximum security Division 9 area of the jail.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has ruled out challenging Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next year's mayoral election.
For months, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has said she's considering a run for mayor. Now she has taken another step toward jumping in the race.
he Chicago man trapped inside a visiting room at Cook County Jail for 32 hours is suing the county.
A visitor to Cook County Jail was trapped in the jail for 30 hours over the weekend - and now the sheriff's office is investigating to find out what went wrong. WBBM's Steve Miller has our exclusive story.
A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against Cook County, to get access to records about potential patronage in county hiring.
A 2-year employee of the Cook County Sheriff's Office and two others have been charged in a contraband smuggling operation at County Jail.
Monday is the first day that county clerks throughout the entire state of Illinois must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Although numbers are vague, the crime of human trafficking presents a real challenge to law enforcement and welfare agencies, who have teamed up to try to raise awareness of troubled children who end up being manipulated or forced into prostitution.
Daniel J. Paredes, 49, had been in custody at the jail since April 6 for a drug possession charge. His family had recently posted a $2,000 bond, and on Wednesday, he was in the process of being discharged.
Authorities have reopened the botched investigation into the 1991 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, which was wrongfully blamed on the so-called "Dixmoor 5," some of whom spent two decades in prison.
Cook County prosecutors were taking another step Wednesday toward possibly releasing a man from prison - 15 years after he confessed to two murders.
A new report by the London School of Economics concludes that the war on drugs "has produced enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage" and points to the enormously high incarceration rate in the United States as evidence that it is time for a new strategy.
The letter to Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said the prosecution of Willie Johnson could discourage other people from recanting prior testimony.
Dr. John Jay Shannon, interim CEO of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System said the county's not just running hospitals and clinics, it now has its own Medicaid-managed care plan, called CountyCare.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has called the jail the largest mental health hospital in the country.
Two people were in custody and police were conducting a manhunt for a third suspect who went on the run after shots were fired at police in south suburban Robbins on Friday.
