After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new electronic monitoring participants, marking the beginning of a shift in one way ...

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has officially ended its electronic monitoring program. The Chief Judge’s Office, through the Adult Probation Department, will now handle all electronic monitoring ...

A new Cook County chief judge was sworn in on Monday. Chief Judge Charles Beach takes over a sprawling court system after 24 years of Tim Evans' leadership. The change also comes as the county's ...

Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. — For more than three ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Frustrations within the New Orleans City Council reached a boiling point Monday (Aug. 26) over issues with the electronic monitoring program in the juvenile court system. Council ...