The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning ...

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

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

One day after he was sworn in, new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach said he is ordering an urgent review of the county's ...

Greg Bishop reviews the status of several challenges to Illinois' gun and magazine ban, including the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Chief Judge Beach is an eight-year veteran of the bench. He took over for former Chief Judge Tim Evans, who served eight terms since 2001. Evans served longer than anyone in the county's modern court ...

In a surprise win in September, Charles Beach unseated Chief Judge Tim Evans following a secret-ballot vote among his fellow ...

The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a ...

Charles Beach took his oath of office and officially took over as chief judge, months after he defeated eight-time incumbent ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.

The Cook County Chief Judge’s Office is considering policy changes after a woman was badly burned on a CTA train.

Speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Tuesday to mark her first year as the county’s top prosecutor, O’Neill Burke said her ...