Cook County

Ford Urges House to Restore LIHEAP and CEDA Funding  State Representative La Shawn Ford champions the under served citizen as he stands firm on looking out...

Chicago police are touting a near-record low homicide tally during February, including at least one weekend where the city logged a rare number of...

Same-sex couples in Cook County, Illinois -- which includes Chicago -- don't have to wait to get married, thanks to a Friday ruling by...

An employee of an organization that provides adult literacy and GED classes for detainees at Cook County Jail has been charged with custodial sexual...

Cook County Sheriff's Police will be conducting significant enforcement efforts during the next two weekends, focusing on DUI violators and seat belt violations, Sheriff...

This Nov. 19, 2013 file photo shows Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in Robbins, Ill. During a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, Dart...

With the high cost of housing inmates in the already overcrowded county jail, one Cook County commissioner has floated a surprising solution: Use...

Cook County's early experiment with Obamacare through its waiver-based "CountyCare" Medicaid program has been faltering in the delivery of a key benefit - substance abuse treatment. The problem has prompted State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and the Illinois Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse to intervene to provide a solution. Part of the ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says an effort to take illegal guns off the street has...

Taxes on cigarettes sold in Cook County are going up by one dollar a pack. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says the...