In spring 2025, former UChicago students Ethan Ostrow and Harley Pomper settled a lawsuit against Cook County Sheriff Tom ...

A Chicago traffic stop led to a felony gun charge on Sunday.

Unsolved and missing persons cases are what the National Institute of Justice has called “The Nation’s Silent Mass Disaster.” ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- When licenses to own a gun are revoked, the license holders are supposed to turn over their licenses and weapons. So why are more than 27,000 people in Cook County still holding on to ...

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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about common tax season scams, including fake IRS phone calls, phishing ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- You may remember over the summer, our cameras captured something that happens on the streets of Chicago all too often – an opioid overdose. On July 25, Matthew McFarland was at an ...

Cook County Sheriff’s Police are seeking the public’s help to locate Michael Quinn, 73, who was reported missing by his family from unincorporated Stickney Township. Quinn was last seen by family ...

Cook County is cracking down on illegal shoulder driving with an $11 million surveillance helicopter capable of spotting violators from hundreds of feet up, already helping issue hundreds of citations ...

Illinois is examining Martinez Duncan’s death for potential criminal behavior by jail staff, according to the Cook County ...

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 ...