A Chicago resident who allegedly stabbed to death a Lake Barrington man in a dispute over $3 was being held in Cook County Jail Monday in lieu of a $1...
At least 44 inmates and 15 guards were injured Tuesday afternoon in several fights during two outbursts in a Cook County Jail building where inmates have been kept under lockdown...
Most parents probably don`t worry much about waking up some morning to find themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit filed by their children. At least not yet. But...
The mayhem that followed Sunday night`s Bulls game pushed the number of inmates at the overcrowded Cook County Jail to an all-time high of nearly 9,000 inmates, Cook County Sheriff...
A West Loop lawyer who had arrived in court Wednesday to enter a client`s plea agreement on a murder charge instead found himself facing criminal charges for allegedly bringing marijuana...
The shooting last week of two male Chicago gang members allegedly by three young women from a rival gang shocked Chicago police and prosecutors, who have long maintained women are...
Cook County Circuit Judge Joseph Urso found himself in a formidable position recently: He was presiding over a trial involving alleged police brutality, while rioters in Los Angeles, sparked by...
A Northlake man who was one of the Chicago area's "most prolific" safecrackers was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of burglary...
Before last Tuesday, before Connie Chaney was shot repeatedly while fleeing down the office hallway where she worked, no one seemed to think her harrowing years with her abusive husband...
A man who impregnated his two young daughters and then beat one to death with a baseball bat because she planned to reveal him as the baby`s father was sentenced...