Officials link inmate deaths to drug‑soaked paper at Cook County Jail; labs say potent synthetic cannabinoids were present.

A Cook County jury on Friday decided that Abbott Laboratories should pay $17 million in punitive damages – on top of the $53 ...

Roughly 20,000 approved certificate-of-error refunds, worth more than $46 million in total, are currently stuck at the Cook ...

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is suing the woman and a Cook County commissioner who claimed she was detained by ...

Law enforcement officials are saying a Chicago-area woman's claims of being detained for two days were a hoax.

A routine hospital visit for a severe headache turned into a life-changing outcome for a 47-year-old man after what attorneys ...

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is stepping in to help make the annual ritual of spring cleaning more sustainable ...

A new report on property taxes in Cook County shows that they have skyrocketed over the past 30 years. And anyone who has ...

Skyrocketing property taxes​ continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.

Four babies born at Chicago-area hospitals developed a dangerous intestinal disease because they consumed a special formula ...

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt files a $1-million dollar federal civil lawsuit against an Illinois woman and the Cook ...