Homeless Rate Drops in Suburban Cook County
The number of homeless people in suburban Cook County dropped by almost 10 percent since 2009, according to a count in January, but advocates fear the dip could be temporary.
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The number of homeless people in suburban Cook County dropped by almost 10 percent since 2009, according to a count in January, but advocates fear the dip could be temporary.
Cook County Sheriff's Police have seized two Capuchin monkeys and five dogs from a home in Lansing.
One suburban couple describes how a man claiming to be a new neighbor coaxed them from their house while someone cleaned out their valuables. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A man claiming he spent about eight years in prison after pleading guilty to a crime on the advice of his public defender filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Cook County and the attorney.
A report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas claims taxpayers countywide are on the hook for more than $108 billion in debt accrued by various government agencies.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who has publicly labeled the nation's War on Drugs a failure, is now trying to turn the situation into something useful.
A total of 80 "deadbeat dads" who owe more than $1.7 million in child support were arrested in a two-week Cook County Sheriff sting.
Top Cook County officials say they are using new methods to measure how well—and how efficiently—county government is working.
Cook County government has hiked the amusement tax bill for the Bears, and is claiming the Cubs owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, all because of luxury suites.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has found a way to give some alleged first-time, nonviolent offenders a second chance before the case reaches the courtroom.
A tornado spotted near south suburban Calumet City has prompted a tornado warning for Cook County and northwest Indiana.
A report from a combined Chicago-Cook County committee found that increasing collaboration could save taxpayers from $66 million to $140 million per year by 2014.
A man from west suburban Elmwood Park is charged with trying to solicit sex with what he thought was a 12-year-old girl.
The Cook County sheriff's office is warning of a scam targeting elderly men in the suburbs, using middle-aged women to seduce them.
A Cook County judge will decide in a couple weeks whether the jury in a civil suit against the Jesuits over the sexual misdeeds of one of their own can impose punitive damages.
Cook County Sheriff's Police have busted up a burglary ring that targeted homes across the near western suburbs.
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for bringing home a gun that was later found by a young nephew who accidentally used it to fatally shoot his twin brother.
A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in connection with pit bull fighting and breeding.
Chicago-area reporters are not pleased with the way government is treating a new state law that's supposed to make government more open to public scrutiny.
Civil union licenses will start being issued in Illinois starting on Wednesday and Cook County Clerk David Orr expects a big rush early in the morning.
A police intelligence operation resulted in the discovery of a $5 million cannabis farming operation inside two Joliet homes, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday.
Cook County health clinics will be closed Friday for a county "shutdown day" — the second of five this year aimed at cutting costs.
The Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, is in big trouble here in Cook County. For the first time more than 20 years, Cook County may be opting out of the federally funded program.
The showers and thunderstorms that moved into the Chicago area Wednesday are expected to continue, prompting a flash flood watch to be issued.
The Bloods street gang has never had a presence in the Chicago area. That's changing.
