A high-traffic area of the South Loop is drawing extra attention from local law enforcement. The Cook County Sheriff's Office is applying significant resources in an effort to curb drug activity and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A visitor to the Cook County Jail was left feeling like a prisoner after he was trapped for 32 hours. The visitor was processed in to the maximum security unit of the jail Saturday ...

"Our lives are not defined by the errors we make," Cardinal Blase Cupich said. He and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition offered Christian religious services Thursday, spreading messages of positivity at the ...

Cory Ulmer, who was being held at the Cook County Jail last year, died shortly after correctional officers struck him several times and threw him to the ground, records show. Now, Ulmer’s stepfather, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The first set of positive coronavirus tests were reported Monday at Cook County Jail. The jail started screening incoming prisoners for COVID-19 in January, and managed to keep the ...

CHICAGO -- Singer R. Kelly was released Saturday afternoon from the Cook County Jail after paying more than $161,000 owed in back child support, officials said. It was immediately unclear who paid the ...