More than half of those charged in Cook County with felony firearm cases involving modified weapons have been detained ...

It took nearly two months for the medical examiner to properly identify the West Roger Park man, the family says.

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

A man wanted for escaping electronic monitoring while awaiting trial on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault has been ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County courthouse on Thursday. The incident happened around 10 a.m. at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, at West ...

Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

Housing Authority of Cook County union workers ratified two new union contracts this week, earning average salary floor ...

A family spoke Friday after a Chicago mother was hit and killed by a Cook County Sheriff's police squad car while walking in Glenview. The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes ...

A Cook County Sheriff's Police officer struck a pedestrian with a squad car, critically injuring them on Milwaukee Avenue in ...