CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since COVID-19 took down regular operations of the nation's second largest court system, thousands of Cook County criminal and civil cases have been put on ice. The ABC7 I-Team has ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) – Authorities in Cook County are searching for a man who ran from the courtroom and out of the courthouse during a hearing Monday afternoon. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...

Cook County opens courthouse warming centers due to forecasted dangerous wind chills, offering residents shelter, water, snacks, and pet accommodation.

Federal judge rules the system violates the “takings” clause, but compensation for homeowners in class-action lawsuit remains unclear.

Modernization is a top priority for the first new chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in decades. Charles Beach ...

Police are actively searching for a man who ran out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago Monday after his hearing. 32-year-old Richard Donta J. Cotton walked into the courthouse after ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) – Authorities in Cook County are searching for a man who ran from the courtroom and out of the courthouse during a hearing Monday afternoon. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...

CHICAGO -- R. Kelly returned to court Friday for a hearing at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago. R. Kelly's lawyer Steve Greenberg had filed the motion requesting he be given permission to leave ...

Cook County has its first new chief judge in more than two decades after Charles Beach was sworn in to the position earlier this month.

Treasurer Maria Pappas is asking for more time to decide whether to appeal a judge's Dec. 8 decision in a high-profile ...

COOK COUNTY, Illinois (WBBM) -- Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now ...