Cook County Sheriff’s Office Receiving More Social Service Calls Amid State Budget Crisis
The Cook County Sheriff’s office says it’s taking more social service calls from families facing homelessness because of the budget impasse.
The Cook County Sheriff’s office says it’s taking more social service calls from families facing homelessness because of the budget impasse.
The officer who shot and killed Rekia Boyd while off-duty in 2012 has resigned from the Chicago Police Department.
The third and final suspect in the murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee is in custody in downstate Illinois.
Long-vacant building that straddles Congress Parkway downtown purchased by New York company.
The parks group fighting to keep the Lucas Museum off of Chicago’s lakefront says a last-ditch legal effort by the city is quote “a significant waste of judicial resources.” WBEZ’s Patrick Smith reports.
SWAT team members have surrounded a home in the Fernwood neighborhood.
You can add aspiring poets to the list of Illinois budget victims.
The school sent out a high-alert email to all staff and students last week with safety tips for dealing with the fowl bullies.
City spokesman says city will test tap water in homes where children report high lead levels in blood because of heightened attention, and to confirm that lead-based paint is most likely source of elevated levels in children.
If you’re a man in the Cook County jail and you’re found not guilty, you don’t get to go home right away. Former inmates say the policy put them in danger.