Reviewing her first year in office, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke defends the increased requests for detention and ...

This week is a critical week for domestic violence survivors. Elected leaders in Chicago and Cook County are hashing out how much money to spend on key services like legal help and housing as they ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Immigration arrests were recently made at the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse. The Public Defender's office confirmed to ABC7 Chicago that two people who showed up ...

The Cook County Sheriff's Department has improved the speed at which orders of protection are served, resulting in a 22% increase in successful service and 75% of orders served on the same day they ...

A new task domestic violence task force in Chicago is the beginning of improving communication between government systems.

Cook County has its first new chief judge in more than two decades after Charles Beach was sworn in to the position earlier this month.

COOK COUNTY, Illinois (WBBM) -- Tails of Redemption is a program from the Cook County Sheriff's Office, pairing up inmates at the Cook County Jail with shelter dogs for their mutual benefit. Now ...

Presiding from the bench in his courtroom at the Daley Center, Judge Charles Beach on Thursday heard a series of mostly routine matters as part of his normal court call, but the exchanges were ...

Charles Beach took his oath of office and officially took over as chief judge, months after he defeated eight-time incumbent Tim Evans in a September election held by Cook County judges.

Cook County announced a $5 million grant initiative for suburban gun violence survivor support, expanding resources for ...

Chief Judge Beach is an eight-year veteran of the bench. He took over for former Chief Judge Tim Evans, who served eight terms since 2001. Evans served longer than anyone in the county's modern court ...