Alvarez Files Suit Seeking Ouster Of Thornton HS Board President
Last month, Kenneth Williams received a letter from the state's attorney's office demanding he resign because he's a felon. He was convicted of forgery in Indiana in 1985.
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Last month, Kenneth Williams received a letter from the state's attorney's office demanding he resign because he's a felon. He was convicted of forgery in Indiana in 1985.
The president announced he will press Congress to pass legislation requiring background checks on all gun purchases; reinstate the ban on military-style assault weapons; renew a 10-round limit on the size of ammunition magazines; and prohibit the possession, transfer, manufacture, or import of armor-piercing bullets.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has suspended two prosecutors for failing to approve criminal charges against a man who had threatened to set his kids on fire after filling a bathtub with gasoline – then actually set them on fire three months later.
Investigators believe a shipment of 18 human heads intercepted by customs officials at O'Hare International Airport are, in fact, legitimate medical specimens, authorities said Tuesday.
Monday was supposed to be the beginning of the no-cell phone policy, but on Friday the chief judge's office said there would be a three-month grace period. Thus, perhaps, the confusion.
The Cook County Forest Preserve District wants more people consider it as a camping option.
Gun owners in Chicago and suburban Cook County may have new incentives for keeping better track of their weapons.
A new crime-fighting tool in Cook County might soon be in the palm of your hand.
It's a fascinating mystery, with more questions than answers. Authorities have been trying to determine who poisoned a man who died days after winning a $1 million jackpot in a lottery instant game.
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans says a major impetus for restricting cell phones is the activity of gang members, who have used cell phones to take pictures of witnesses. CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
The head of the Cook County Board says she's working to address some of the racial inequities in the County's criminal justice system.
It's not very often that we hear about taxes going down, but on Wednesday, retailers and elected officials were celebrating the final roll-back of Cook County's sales tax increase pushed through by former County Board President Todd Stroger in 2008.
Cook County has a new first couple--the first couple to say "I do" in 2013.
The city's parking meters, Chicago area water rates, cigarettes, license plates -- all are getting more expensive this year.
Investigators learned Joseph O'Brien is a registered sex offender – classified as a "sexual predator" – who had been staying at a motel near the restaurant and not at his registered address in Maine Township.
The Cook County State's Attorney's office is demanding the president of a south suburban school district step down because of a felony conviction, the Sun-Times is reporting.
Francis Cardinal George is not making his usual visits to see inmates at the Cook County Jail and hospitalized children during this holiday season.
There are about 40,000 drunk driving arrests in Illinois each year.
Glenview native Paula Nixon was going to college, but now her future hinges on one thing: staying clean.CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Beginning Jan. 14, cell phones will be banned for most people at Cook County courthouses. Sheriff Tom Dart is concerned about the logistics of the policy shift.
After a judge with ties to former Mayor Richard M. Daley recused himself from the involuntary manslaughter case against a Daley nephew, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans is asking the state's highest court to appoint a judge from outside the county.
Cook County investigators have been raiding stores across the county that have been breaking the law, and ripping off taxpayers of millions of dollars, by selling cigarettes without proper taxes.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded gently on Monday to criticisms of his crime-fighting strategy leveled at him last week by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
A homeless man found near a University of Illinois at Chicago student center is the second person in Cook County to die of cold exposure.
A call to police from a concerned resident in Dolton led police to a dog fighting ring, and a man wanted for attempted murder.
