Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Two men with felony records are facing new gun and drug charges after a Cook County Sheriff's police investigation.

At this particular moment, the Cook County Jail is in fact surprisingly quiet ... Has anyone ever managed to escape? «Yes, unfortunately,» he says. «They made deals with the supervisors.

Tobolski told a judge in September 2020 that he’d engaged in multiple extortion and bribery schemes, accepting more than $250 ...

Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Citing a surge in the number of firearms being illegally converted into machine guns, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has ordered prosecutors to seek a prison ...

Mathis, who escaped from the jail the previous day. Mathis rode out of jail aboard a truck, which contained inmates’ dirty laundry.