Judge E. Kenneth Wright, who presides over the First Municipal District, and Judge Shannon O’Malley were referred for ...

The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state's most populous county, Cook County, ...

The seat is open for the first time in 16 years after current State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced she would not be running for reelection. Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke and Republican Bob Fioretti ...

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling announces charges Wednesday against a man accused of shooting to death Officer Enrique ...

While most of the action surrounding the Cook County judicial races occurred during the Democratic primary election in March, ...

One Cook County judge was losing his bid to keep his job and two more were in peril as vote-counting continued after ...

Eight years after Kim Foxx rode a wave of voter outrage over the police murder of Laquan McDonald to take over the Cook ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A heated race has emerged for Cook County State's Attorney, with the seat open for the first time in 16 ...

An Illinois State Trooper was seriously injured Monday after being struck by an unlicensed driver on Interstate 57, ...

Democrat Mariyana Spyropoulos faces Chicago police Officer Lupe Aguirre, a Republican, and Libertarian Michael Murphy.

Former president Donald Trump won a second term in office, and Democrats won a host of local races in the Chicago area.

Eileen O’Neill Burke, who prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary campaign for Cook County state’s attorney, ...