The office of Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Charles Beach issued a fraud alert Sunday warning the public about a scam ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last summer, Kendall Robinson was in his car when his parking job drew the attention of south suburban police officers, according to Robinson and court ...

Cook County prosecutors are asking judges to issue arrest warrants for people with cases in traffic court who had already been deported.

Starting Monday, Cook County residents will have a five-day period to pay traffic tickets without added collection fees. Cook ...

People who fail to pay court-ordered support to their children or former spouses can land in jail. Expanding access to ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Author Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve's new book has been called an "eye-opening account" of inequities within Cook County, the nation's largest criminal court system. "Crook County: ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and equity as a result of the annual county tax sale, a judge has ruled.

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 ...

A Chicago alderwoman is trying to get a better idea of who is on electronic monitoring in Cook County and how they're being tracked. She also wants to know what efforts are being made to track down ...