Inmates are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them find a job when they get out.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fourth Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported that 64-year-old Karl Battiste died at Stroger Hospital on ...

The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

The Cook County Sheriff's Office is looking for members of the public to join their Volunteer Search and Rescue Team.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A second detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at Cook County Jail, officials said Thursday night. The death came on the same day a federal judge ruled against the mass ...