Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist ...

Three Cook County residents are being detained after allegedly stealing a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed ...

A 21-year-old fugitive in Cook County is on the run after escaping electronic monitoring and removing his GPS tracking device, authorities said.

Robert Johnson had been behind bars since he was a teenager. He was freed Thursday night after a jury overturned his murder ...

After nearly 30 years, a man who was wrongly convicted of a murder in Chicago was able to walk free Thursday night.Robert ...

He’s among 800 people who have filed complaints since May against juvenile detention centers in Illinois alleging they were ...

Downey said the Kankakee County Jail, which formerly housed more ... someone's immigration status," Downey said. RELATED: Chicago, Illinois and Cook County sued by DOJ over sanctuary city policies ...

It specifically calls out Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance and Illinois' TRUST Act ... custody of individuals being detained at the Cook County Jail. As recently as last week, we notified ...

"The Supremacy Clause prohibits Illinois, Chicago, Cook County, and their officials from ... examples of men who were released from local jail custody instead of being held for ICE pickup, who ...

"The conduct of officials in Chicago and Illinois minimally enforcing ... take custody of individuals being detained at the Cook County Jail," hte statement said. "As recently as last week ...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday sued Illinois ... individuals being detained at the Cook County Jail.” Trump, who has long used Chicago as a political piñata and ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...