A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County courthouse on Thursday. The incident happened around 10 a.m. at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, at West ...

A man wanted for escaping electronic monitoring while awaiting trial on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault has been ...

Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

Mercedes Smith, 28 and a pedestrian, was hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Department squad car around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday in the ...

A family spoke Friday after a Chicago mother was hit and killed by a Cook County Sheriff's police squad car while walking in Glenview. The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes ...

In a news conference marking 100 days in office, Gordon said the increase in requests for birth certificates and marriage ...

Family is remembering a mother who sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Tuesday in ...

On Tuesday night, the Bureau County Board voted against housing some inmates from the Cook County Department of Corrections.

A pedestrian is in critical condition after they were hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Office vehicle Tuesday morning.

BUREAU Co., Ill. (KWQC) - The Bureau County Jail Board has come to a decision on a proposal to house Cook County inmates at the Bureau County Jail. It’s been a topic that’s gathered a lot of public ...