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 ...

A former mental health counselor at Hartgrove Hospital on Chicago's West Side — accused of sexually abusing young patients — appeared in Cook County Criminal Court on Wednesday.

The CCSAO has received over $1 million to fund a pilot program offering pretrial alternatives for juvenile males in Chicago ...

When a defendant appearing in court has been jailed for a lengthy period, a color-coded spreadsheet alerts the judge that the case has been dragging. Instead of hearings that last only a minute or two ...

Cook County has its first new chief judge in more than two decades after Charles Beach was sworn in to the position earlier this month.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (CBS 58) - After escaping her supervised home in Madison, Wisconsin, Morgan Geyser signed extradition papers in Cook County Criminal Court on Tuesday, which will return her to ...

He was once a mental health counselor at Hartgrove Hospital on the West Side. Now, he's behind bars for allegedly sexually abusing young patients.  Edmund Rivers was in Cook County Criminal Court ...

Investigators identified the driver as 32-year-old Jeonte Shepherd. Deputies pulled over a gray Nissan on South Wabash Avenue ...