CHICAGO (WLS) -- The shooting death of Laquan McDonald was a main issue of discussion at a forum Thursday for the three women battling for the Democratic nomination for Cook County State's Attorney.

Critics of the Cook County state’s attorney are attacking her recalibrating an office that had drifted away from holding offenders accountable.

Kim Foxx, the Illinois State’s Attorney for Cook County, said last week that her office will begin the expungement of misdemeanor cannabis convictions in the coming months. In an interview with the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A day after a six-count grand jury indictment was handed up against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to authorities, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is ...

In less than a month, millions of Illinois adults will be able to buy marijuana legally for the first time. But before that, the state is doing right by those who got busted in the previous era. Kim ...

Woom Sing Tse, 71, was well known in Chinatown as an avid ping-pong player and “epitome” of the American dream. His shooting ...

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office has objected to an effort by Kevin Jackson to obtain a certificate of innocence in the case, a move that comes some 20 years after his original conviction and ...

A key Cook County panel approved a $22.3 million payout on Wednesday for three men who were wrongfully convicted of a fatal 1986 fire. Commissioners on the County Board’s Finance Committee voted to ...

Cook County judges elected Charles "Charlie" Beach as chief judge, ending Timothy Evans’ 24-year tenure. Beach, a circuit judge since 2017 and former defense attorney, will oversee the criminal courts ...