Weeks after two lawyer groups urged his removal over a blog post on a conservative opinion site, the Illinois Supreme Court ...

After 23 years of wrongful conviction, Antonio Porter was released on electronic monitoring and issued a date for his next ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — The Circuit Court of Cook County has announced that it is issuing refunds after discovering a technical issue that prevented some overpayments of court-ordered probation and ...

A Cook County judge just rewired a big piece of Chicago’s police-oversight machinery, ruling Wednesday that Illinois law does allow the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate fatal ...

Judge Tyria Walton vacated a 2003 conviction and ordered Antonio Porter released on electronic monitoring pending retrial.

After 24 years as chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy Evans lost his bid for a new term this week. Circuit court judges voted Wednesday to elect Judge Charles Beach as the new ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new order from Cook County's top judge takes effect Wednesday. Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans is barring civil arrests of people while at county courts. That includes ...

A group of graduates is getting a chance at a new beginning as they start their sobriety journey. They just graduated from a Cook County Circuit Court Drug Treatment Program. For Eli Saul Mercado, 51, ...

The Illinois Supreme Court brought Judge James R. Brown back to Cook County to address a judge shortage — but two bar groups ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — The number of new eviction cases in Cook County has returned to pre-pandemic levels, with nearly 30,000 filings a year. The increase is straining the ability of law enforcement and ...

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is seeking to overturn a Cook County Circuit Court decision last week that halted a planned meeting of the board this week on a resolution to oust the county's ...

On Friday, the three-judge appellate panel said only six Illinois families will continue with their infant-formula injury claims in the Cook County Circuit Court, while 23 other claims will have to ...