Harvey police Chief Cameron Biddings expressed anger the Cook County state’s attorney dropped charges against Ald. Colby Chapman.

According to the Harvey police chief, the Cook County State's Attorney office dropped the felony charges against Alderwoman ...

At a court hearing scheduled for July 8, the Cook County State’s Attorney office is expected to drop felony battery charges ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, center, walks from a press conference at Chicago police headquarters on Feb. 26, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ...

Which puts the Cook County state’s attorney — the elected official responsible for 700 lawyers prosecuting crimes among a population greater than Ireland’s — in a bind.

Just moments after being sworn in as Cook County's new state's attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke announced a change to the county's policy involving the controversial SAFE-T Act.

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief Judge Timothy Evans' office has acknowledged it will need more than ...

Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III have both vowed to support an effort that would require an attorney for all juveniles during ...

Last fall, current Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx raised the threshold for filing felony charges from the state law level of $300 to $1,000. The candidates offered different approaches to ...

The Cook County state's attorney has been accused of threatening a witness in a murder case Civil rights lawyer Jennifer Bonjean told Judge Carol Howard she believed State’s Attorney Eileen O ...