Preckwinkle Takes Office As County Board President
Upon being sworn in as president of the Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle called for deep cuts to the county budget.
Watch CBS News
Upon being sworn in as president of the Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle called for deep cuts to the county budget.
Police say Dr. Gary Friederich turned a blind eye when dogs were brought to him and he was told they were used in illegal fights.
A Cook County Sheriff's deputy was arrested early Friday for allegedly punching a woman at a bar on the Southwest Side.
The Cook County Sheriff's office has become the first to be declared free, or mostly free, of political patronage that's so tarnished Chicago government for decades.
Looking back as new board president to be sworn in: John Stroger replaced old County Hospital, Todd put through tax hike to keep county afloat.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger received a standing ovation from county commissioners Wednesday as he presided over his final board meeting.
The Cook County Board meets tomorrow, and it is the last time Todd Stroger will preside.
Homeowners are getting their property tax bills and some are shockers. Anger and confusion is a common result.
A woman is suing her former boyfriend, claiming he secretly hid a video camera in his closet to film them having sex, then showed the footage to his brother and other people.
Tom Dart's brother is a lawyer with a lobbying practice. Dart says, if elected mayor, he'd have to tell Tim Dart to stop doing business with the city.
Evictions of Cook County homeowners whose mortgages have been foreclosed could resume next week after a legal opinion ended Sheriff Tom Dart's five-week moratorium.
Cook County Sheriff Tom dart has ended a month-long moratorium on foreclosure evictions, even though a probe by his office revealed "a pattern of irregularities that may rise to criminal conduct."
A Cook County jury awarded more than $2 million in a wrongful death suit against Chicago Police.
The president-elect of the Cook County Board met with all the county elected officials and delivered a short, but painful message.
A $55 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over strip searches at the Cook County Jail, attorneys said today.
Amid a war of words between sitting Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and President-elect Toni Preckwinkle, a key Stroger ally told Preckwinkle Tuesday to "shut up and get over here and try to do some work."
Word is the change-over to a new Cook County Board presidency has not been going smoothly.
Property owners in Cook County, your tax bill is in the mail.
Trying to avoid a gap in health insurance, the newly-elected Cook County Board president in no hurry to leave her City Council post.
Cable TV program showcases the work of doctors and psychologists who serve Cook County Jail inmates.
Cook County Board President-Elect says county can't afford it right now.
Authorities say arson may be to blame for a fire that destroyed two homes and a church in Ford Heights. PHOTOS
Just hours after her victory, President-elect Toni Preckwinkle launched a new website that includes a link for jobs.
Democrat Joseph Berrios' victory Tuesday night ended an unusually nasty race for county assessor, against a longtime fellow Democrat who was running as an independent.
