While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the ...

The Cook County Jail has its own garden for inmates to grow their own food. Now they are going one step further in their ...

CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man accused of attacking several women, including a police officer, has learned his sentence.

This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in ...

Martell Haire sent the message to WISN 12 News on a platform allowing inmates to legally communicate with people outside the ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Department will soon be joining the many law enforcement organizations across the state of ...

As the man accused of killing Michael Lee Wilson four years ago has bounced from hospital and jail, time's running out for ...

The Macomb County Board of Commissioners rejected all 18-1/2 new positions proposed by County Executive Mark Hackel in the 2026 budget, including three officers for a countywide crime suppression unit ...

A 55-year-old man from Crystal Lake, described as "loved and admired by all," died after he was struck by a vehicle while ...

Many defendants declared unfit for trial have often waited three months or longer to be transferred to a hospital – ...

Behind the chain-link fence and barbed wire, detainees at the Cook County Jail are busy training man's best friend.

Cook County sheriff's police say an Indiana man was dealing drugs out of a Streeterville apartment. Nearly 200 pounds were ...