The accused killer of Chicago police officer John Bartholomew is ordered back into custody in a carjacking case after the ...

The man accused of shooting a Jew on his way to synagogue in Chicago in late October has been found dead in his jail cell. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been arrested and charged with terrorism and ...

New Chicago Police Chief Earl Mayo, who is accused of pawning guns seized in police investigations, bonded out of the Lake County Jail on Friday after he was extradited from the Clark County Jail in ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A clinical psychologist has been picked to lead a Chicago jail that is one of the largest in the country. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart tapped Dr. Nneka (NEE’-kah) Jones Tapia to lead ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her ...

CHICAGO — Four people, including an inmate, are accused of attempting to smuggle drug-soaked papers into a Chicago jail in two separate incidents, authorities said. According to the Cook County ...