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

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

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

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

On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of Corrections.

A 55-year-old Glenview man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of James Solger. Solger, 61, was found dead ...

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.

A Cook County felon is back in custody and facing new charges after fleeing his home and tampering with his electronic ...

A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, officials said.

Mercedes Smith, 28 and a pedestrian, was hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Department squad car around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday in the ...

A pedestrian hit by a Cook County Sheriff's officer's squad car in Glenview, Illinois, has died. The crash happened on ...

Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee ...