With changes underway, here are some cases and issues to watch for in 2026: As Chicagoland was roiled this autumn by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, more than 100 people have landed ...

Good morning, Chicago. In 2025, Cook County began the year with a new state’s attorney and ended it with a new chief judge, ushering in another era for one of the largest court systems in the country.

Erie County ends 2025 with a significant drop in the number of people who died of fatal overdoses, according to the coroner.

A program led by Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke will use $1 million in new funding to provide academic and after-school support services to teen boys who otherwise may have been ...

Although many of them had criminal records, most people who died in custody had not been convicted of the crime they were in ...

Last week, new officials were appointed in the Probate Court of Cook County, including Moultrie attorney Hayden Willis.

Last week, Gov. Brian P. Kemp appointed Matt Bennett to serve as Superior Court judge for the Alapaha Circuit due to House ...

Bart Beals, a suburban Cook County attorney, has had his law license suspended indefinitely for alleged sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, having sex with two clients, and failing to ...

According to Patch, the trail started with insurance-company investigators tracking a stolen Target cargo trailer swiped from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court says the Illinois Attorney's General office and the Cook County State's Attorney's ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is rolling out a tightly focused new experiment on Chicago’s West Side that would let some teenage boys swap pretrial detention for school-based ...