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, ...

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

CHICAGO - Eileen O'Neill Burke won the race to become Cook County State's Attorney. With 92% of ballots counted, the former ...

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

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

Sheriff Tom Dart said this implementation of law enforcement makes his deputies proactive instead of reactive.

The 480-acre site earmarked for the campus was used for steel production from 1880 to 1992 and is currently vacant.

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 ...

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, ...