Illinois sheriff warns of phone scam March 11, 2019 12:07 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – A sheriff in Illinois is warning people about a sophisticated phone scam.
Investigators get tips after 40th anniversary of Gacy arrest January 18, 2019 11:57 am|CHICAGO (AP) – News coverage of last month’s 40th anniversary of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s arrest has…
Former mayor charged with stealing from Ford Heights August 23, 2018 11:37 am|FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – A former mayor of the Chicago suburb of Ford Heights has been arrested…
Suit claims Cook County detainees monitored in toilet areas August 9, 2018 11:37 am|CHICAGO (AP) – A new federal lawsuit accuses the Cook County Sheriff’s Office of violating the rights of…
Cook County sheriff creates program to fight opioid crisis June 14, 2018 11:21 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Sheriff Tom Dart says opioid overdoses are killing more people than gun violence in Cook…
16 inmates charged after fight at Cook County Jail February 27, 2018 1:13 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Sixteen inmates have been indicted on mob action charges after authorities say they were involved…
Principal barred after alleged false data at jail school September 14, 2017 2:25 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Public Schools principal has been barred from an alternative high school operating in the…
New center to help newly released Cook County Jail inmates July 25, 2017 12:44 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Officials in Chicago are launching a center to help inmates newly released from Cook County Jail.
The Latest: Sister: ‘Victim No. 24 is our brother’ July 19, 2017 9:48 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a yearslong effort to identify victims of John Wayne Gacy (all times local):