Patricia Martin, former presiding judge of the juvenile court's child protection division, bilked a decorated WWII vet out of ...

Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin on Friday was sentenced to four years probation after she admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of an elderly former ...

Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and ...

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook ...

SNOW HILL, Md. - The mother of an inmate who took his own life in Worcester County Jail in 2021 has reached a settlement with the jail’s medical provider outside of court. According to court documents ...

A group of Chicagoans celebrates the release of a loved one from the Cook County jail at around 9:15 PM on August 20, 2025. Credit: Dave Byrnes It was half past midnight and eight women had just left ...

COOK COUNTY, Illinois (WBBM) -- Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now ...

Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now they're helping others as therapy ...

Cook County is expanding eligibility requirements and extending the application deadline for the Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund. The $15 million program will assist homeowners who have experienced ...