A new debt issue totaling $5,925,000 – about half of which would pay for a major improvement at the Barron County Jail – has been approved by members of the ...

Activists rallied on Tuesday in support of a man who they said has been wrongfully incarcerated at Cook County Jail for more ...

Ramon Banks, 35, has been in Cook County Jail for more than two years awaiting trial on felony charges of unlawful possession ...

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all ...

A 30-year-old man is being held in Cook County Jail Tuesday, accused of carjacking an elderly woman on Dempster Street in ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Anita Damodaran, 38, is facing aggravated animal cruelty charges after her dog was found barely breathing and malnourished ...

A 24-year-old Clinton County Jail inmate has been ordered to participate in The Salvation Army program and was given probation after he pleaded guilty to flooding the jail, according to court ...

One person is dead and two others are injured after a car went off the roadway and went airborne before landing near a creek ...

An investigation continued Saturday into the discovery of a body at Lake MacBride State Park in Johnson County, according to a news release from the Johnson County ...

A Chicago man is facing a theft charge after the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit recovered thousands ...

A Chicago fugitive who escaped electronic monitoring nearly three years ago remains on the run, and authorities are asking ...