CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since COVID-19 took down regular operations of the nation's second largest court system, thousands of Cook County criminal and civil cases have been put on ice. The ABC7 I-Team has ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) – Authorities in Cook County are searching for a man who ran from the courtroom and out of the courthouse during a hearing Monday afternoon. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...

Cook County opens courthouse warming centers due to forecasted dangerous wind chills, offering residents shelter, water, snacks, and pet accommodation.

Federal judge rules the system violates the “takings” clause, but compensation for homeowners in class-action lawsuit remains unclear.

Modernization is a top priority for the first new chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in decades. Charles Beach ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) – Authorities in Cook County are searching for a man who ran from the courtroom and out of the courthouse during a hearing Monday afternoon. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office ...

CHICAGO -- R. Kelly returned to court Friday for a hearing at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago. R. Kelly's lawyer Steve Greenberg had filed the motion requesting he be given permission to leave ...

A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties.

Treasurer Maria Pappas is asking for more time to decide whether to appeal a judge's Dec. 8 decision in a high-profile ...

CHICAGO - Nearly two dozen lawsuits lodged by trial lawyers on behalf of out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to use Cook County's ...