As Toni Preckwinkle seeks her fifth term as Cook County board president, Chicago Alderman Brenden Reilly may be her toughest ...

Processing and paying certain kinds of traffic tickets will be easier in Cook County with the introduction of electronic ...

The program aims to expedite the traffic citation process. Through the online system, a driver's court case could open within a day or two of the violation, compared to a week or longer under the ...

The Circuit Court initiative is a trial in replacing an entirely manual process. So far, the sheriff’s office and about 40 ...

Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos’ office has launched a new program that allows traffic citations to be transmitted to her office electronically, which she said will cut down on delays and improve overall ...

Brett J. Smith has been repeatedly accused of assaulting children and using several different names to hide his past. It remains unclear how he passed a background check.

From 1860 to 1880, Auglaize County’s overall population grew from more than 17,100 people to more than 25,300 people. With a ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s executive protection detail is budgeted to cost up to $1.5 million this year.

A Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy was dragged by a driver as he attempted to remove her from a vehicle in Charleston ...

A Cary man twice convicted of attempted murder in Cook County, and acquitted of murder as a teen in 1980, has turned himself in after being wanted on a sixth alleged offense of drunk driving.

Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...