A former south suburban cemetery employee is accused of secretly pocketing more than $100,000 from payments for funeral expenses, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.

Advocates argue detention can add to trauma for children who in many cases have already experienced problems before they ever ...

The Cook County Historical Society announced in a press release on April 16 that they are welcoming two new staff members in management capacities. Annie Buresh (pictured left above) will serve as the ...

Commissioners in the second-most populous US county have green-lit large payments to residents who are struggling to make ...

A former employee of a south suburban cemetery is facing a handful of felony charges after she allegedly stole more than $100,000 that was paid to the cemetery by families ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral ...

Parris, 48, of Harvey, Illinois, was charged with two counts of continuing a financial crime enterprise, one count of felony theft, and one count of theft by deception/intent.

A South Fulton police officer who was critically injured during a shootout with a suspect on Friday is recovering at the ...

In the past two Cook County Board of Commissioners committee of the whole meetings, county officials have discussed county ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A woman accused of shooting another woman during a fight on the city’s West Side this week is now facing a ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Two police officers were injured and a suspect was killed in a shooting outside a motel along Fulton ...

Thanks to social media posts by the Cook County sheriff’s office, there is renewed interest in Kianna Galvin, missing since ...