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

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

Illinois voters who support the referendums argue that Chicago and Cook County voters hold an oversized sway in policies ...

Esther Takang reads her ballot before voting at a Chicago Public Library branch in Rogers Park on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share One Cook County judge was losing his ...

Democrat Eileen O’Neill Burke declared victory over Republican candidate Bob Fioretti less than two hours after the polls closed.

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

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

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

In last night’s election results, seven more Illinois counties voted in favor of separating from Cook County and Chicago, ...

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

Embattled Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright was referred to a state disciplinary board on Wednesday by the chief judge ...

Eileen O'Neill Burke wins Cook County State's Attorney race with 65% of votes, bringing her vision of justice reform to the ...