According to unconfirmed dispatch reports, there was a small electrical fire on the third floor on the county side of the ...

Cook County is at No. 6 on the American Tort Reform Association's Judicial Hellholes list. ATRA has been publishing the ...

A federal jury convicted a 75-year-old attorney from Wilmette this week on charges of tax fraud, attempting to tamper with a ...

Jackpot justice in Illinois recently drew the ire of two national groups. Cook County was labeled a leading “judicial ...

Cook County’s public health system is launching free doula services for pregnant patients to help reduce health disparities.

The chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County is speaking out, after a deadly stabbing last month prompted new calls to ...

On Tuesday, retiring County Sheriff Tim Cook was presented a certificate of appreciation and a commemorative plaque.

Doulas support, educate and advocate for their pregnant patients. A new program at Stroger Hospital makes 10 doulas available ...

Why does so much of what gets tossed into those blue recycling bins end up in the trash? CBS News Chicago visited the city's ...

Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi, accused shooter in a hate crime, was found dead by apparent suicide in Cook County Jail.