A high-traffic area of the South Loop is drawing extra attention from local law enforcement. The Cook County Sheriff's Office ...

CHICAGO — Eleven Cook County Sheriff’s Office employees have been reassigned pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of an inmate following what officials said was a medical emergency.

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Cook County is cracking down on illegal shoulder driving with an $11 million surveillance helicopter capable of spotting ...

Police are looking for a silver car after someone opened fire from it — toward two Cook County sheriff’s deputies early ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's Police sergeant has died after a weekend car crash in Elgin, authorities said. The sergeant suffered a medical emergency while driving in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart spoke exclusively with ABC7 about how his team caught a man smuggling guns into Chicago from out of state, and how frustrated he is that he's no longer in ...

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...

A suburban Chicago man was charged with attempted murder in connection with the double stabbing of two people in their 70s ...

Shots were fired at two on-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputies outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Wednesday morning.