USPIS and the Chicago Police Department started investigating in 2024 after thefts were reported in The Loop and on the North ...

Backers of Cook County state’s attorney candidate Clayton Harris III are arguing his opponent’s “irresponsible and reckless lack of judgment” in prosecuting a young boy in 1… ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new policy ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new policy ...

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 ...

At a court hearing Wednesday, the Cook County State’s Attorney Office dropped felony battery charges against Ald. Colby ...

James Wissig, 50, comes from the 24500 block of South St. Peters Drive in Channahon. He was booked into the Will County Jail ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When I am State's Attorney there will be no more coddling of violent criminals. For the past eight years, violent offenders have felt emboldened knowing Cook County has not been serious about ...

6 months ago, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill, Burke promised a new approach to tackling violent crime. Key to that approach has been asking her prosecutors to seek pretrial detention ...