Cook County

News coverage of last month's 40th anniversary of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's arrest has meant dozens of more tips for Illinois investigators trying…

CHICAGO - The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has reported the first cold-weather related death of the season in the Chicago area.The 52-year-old…

CHICAGO - Suburban Cook County has set a new record for the number of early ballots cast in a midterm election, with six more days of early voting to…

CHICAGO - A former mayor of the Chicago suburb of Ford Heights has been placed on electronic monitoring after being arrested on felony theft and…

The Illinois attorney general's office is looking at a Chicago mayoral candidate's charitable foundation after he's handed out more than $300,000 in cash…

A man who can be seen on a video chastising a woman at a Chicago forest preserve for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag on it has been charged…

The conviction of a man for the murder of two Chicago police officers 40 years ago has been overturned by a Cook County judge.Judge William Hooks on…

The second black justice in the Illinois Supreme Court's 170-year history is preparing to take the oath of office. The court announced Thursday that P.…

An autopsy has determined that a man fatally shot on Chicago's South Side by police was shot in the back.The Cook County Medical Examiner's office say…

CHICAGO (AP) - Former Cook County State's Attorney Bernard Carey, a Republican who was elected in the wake of a Chicago police raid that killed two Black…