Cook County could soon be free from a pair of decades-long decrees that require judicial monitoring of detainees at the Cook County Jail.
Commissioners today approved a set of measures that will eliminate the so-called Duran and Harrington decrees, which monitor overcrowding and mental health of the jail population. Read more...
When the displaced bodies were discovered at Burr Oak Cemetery last year, it came as a shock to community members and government officials alike.
Hoping to avoid a repeat of the scandal, Sheriff Tom Dart announced a new online resource for people concerned about the management of 26 cemeteries in unincorporated Cook County. Read more...Candidates for Cook County Board President made their cases last night during a debate hosted by ABC7 at the television station’s downtown studio.
In the first televised debate, President Todd Stroger defended the controversial sales tax hike, saying again it helped sustain the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. But his opponents, Clerk of Courts Dorothy Brown, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Terrence O’Brien and Alderman Toni Preckwinkle all vowed to repeal it. O’Brien says he’d move to cut the tax on his first day of office. Read more...
A cop sits next to a gangbanger in handcuffs and eyes him up and down. Read more...
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his jail guards, in addition to watching for contraband and violence, are now on the lookout for ... ketchup.
Dart says crafty inmates have started making jailhouse hootch from condiments, including ketchup and sugar. Read more...
