Under the law, concealed carry permit holders are allowed to transport their weapons on trains and buses, but only if they are secured in a locked container and unloaded.

Ely Rolando Villagrana, 42, will be kept in the Will County Jail under the SAFE-T-Act following last week's Will County Sheriff's arrest.

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

A program led by Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke will use $1 million in new funding to provide academic and ...

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.

A Herald public records appeal has revealed that Gov. Maura Healey’s office and State Police knew about embattled former aide LaMar Cook’s criminal history, which includes serious 2001 gun charges, ...

Vince Dean will seek another term as the Hamilton County Criminal Court clerk after over a decade in the position. Dean, 66, was first elected clerk in 2014 after eight years as a Republican state ...

Edmund Rivers, 68, who is charged with sexually abusing minors while employed by Hartgrove Hospital, appeared in court Wednesday. The criminal complaint in Rivers' case remains sealed, but is expected ...

A man stood charged with attempted murder Tuesday in a shooting involving a Chicago police officer in the Morgan Park neighborhood this past weekend. Darren Brewster, 35, appeared for a detention ...

Darren Brewster, 35, was to appear for a detention hearing in Cook County Criminal Court on Tuesday. While Trump got the 'FIFA Peace Prize,' something truly great happened After winning his first ...

Robert Payne lost his brother at a young age. The 66-year-old said he “tried to use drugs and everything else (so that) I could not feel and remember what had happened.” He said that when the money ...

(The Hague) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack, Human Rights Watch ...