The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday said “a thorough analysis is being conducted” to assess the legality of a ...

After pausing the practice for a year, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office under Eileen O’Neill Burke, has reversed its ...

The county’s Restorative Justice Community Courts reroute young people with nonviolent charges from criminal courts to an alternative program. Upon completion, the charge is dismissed.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Kim Foxx's chief spokesperson is the latest staffer leaving her office. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office confirmed Friday Director of External Affairs, Kiera Ellis, is no ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- With Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez under attack for her role in the Laquan McDonald case, the Cook County Democratic Party gave its support to challenger Kim Foxx in the ...

The Cook County state's attorney on Tuesday publicly defended her office's handling of the case involving the suspect in the Blue Line attack that left a woman severely burned. Eileen O'Neill Burke ...

CHICAGO — On Tuesday, Democrat Eileen O’Neill Burke claimed victory over Republican Bob Fioretti and Libertarian Andrew Charles Kopinksi in the race for Cook County’s next top prosecutor. As of 9 p.m.

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office is expanding citywide a program that allows Chicago police officers to directly file charges in some low-level felony gun cases, following a review of pilots ...

CHICAGO -- A Cook County judge ruled Friday to appoint a special prosecutor to review State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case. In his ruling Friday, the judge questioned ...

The 2024 race for Cook County state’s attorney will soon have a new contender: a recently retired justice who stepped away from the bench to run for the top prosecutor’s spot. Eileen O’Neill Burke ...

CHICAGO -- Two passionate groups gathered outside the county building Monday morning, opposed in their response to the dismissal of 16 felony charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. One group ...