Her mother, Elizabeth French, and fellow officer Carlos Yanez Jr. recounted Ella’s journey from foster care to the ... as a corrections officer at Cook County Jail, which her mom said was ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail never did.

A Paulding County man has been found guilty of murder in the 2021 death of Lindsey Foster of Dallas, Georgia. On July 2, 2021 ...

A former Cook County man residing in Davenport has been arrested for allegedly trafficking in large amounts of cocaine base, ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral ...

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

Two Grant County sheriff's deputies played a key role in convicting Mose Smith, now 43, of voluntary manslaughter in Oklahoma ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral expenses from families. Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, was charged with ...

Some Cook County Board members are requesting closer scrutiny of the mosquito districts following an investigation by the county’s inspector general that resulted in calls for members of the ...

We’ll probably be closer to a billion.” Your feedback matters What do you think of the county locating its jail in Garfield Heights The county plans to pay for the jail - and a possible new ...