Though Evanston voters heartily approved a 2022 referendum to adopt ranked choice voting, also called instant runoff voting, ...

Judge Thomas E. Nowinski, who released two alleged domestic abusers who went on to commit fatal stabbings, is "not currently" ...

A new Cook County state’s attorney inherits crime problems aggravated by her predecessor, Kim Foxx. Eileen O’Neill Burke ...

The two-term Republican caught many Capitol observers off guard when he emerged as the standard-bearer for a coalition that ...

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has pledged to provide additional training for all Cook County judges who hear ...

A Cook County corrections officer was acquitted on Friday of charges stemming from an alleged jail beating amid allegations ...

The criminal cases of actors Jussie Smollett and Bill Cosby, both Black, high-profile entertainers found guilty before their ...

In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack.

Jussie Smollett's conviction for orchestrating a fake hate crime was overturned, but his admitted accomplices laughed at the ...

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Jussie Smollett's 2021 conviction, saying prosecutors had no right to retry him.

Retail theft isn't a minor crime. It can threaten the survival of some businesses, be a risk to employee safety when goods ...