Inside the Cook County Jail, the sound echoing through Division 3 Annex wasn’t the usual clank of metal doors, it was applause.

Family and friends of Sunny Naqvi, 28, a U.S. citizen, provided a detailed account of what they say was Naqvi's extended and ...

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Two years ago, UChicago students Ethan Ostrow (A.B. ’24, A.M. ’24) and Harley Pomper (A.B. ’24, A.M. ’24) sued Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart after he revoked their security clearances at the Cook ...

Strong tornadoes and large hail ripped through Illinois and Indiana Tuesday night, leveling homes in their wake and killing ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Felony charges have been filed against a Maywood woman accused of running over a delivery driver while attempting to steal his car early Monday morning. The suspect, 33-year-old ...

The Kootenai County jail will be featured in a new season of the reality TV series “Jail,” with filming expected to occur ...

Police from the Cook County sheriff’s office will patrol the CTA as the mass transit agency tries to head off threats from the Trump administration that it must shape up on crime or risk losing ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – A Cook County woman has been found guilty of stealing more than $100,000 from her late mother’s Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. Attorney General Kwame Raoul said 55-year-old Atara Young ...

There are 17 floors in this facility with room for 3,000 incarcerated individuals. There were around 1,700 there on the day we visited.