The Latest Breaking News from Cook County

2 shot, 1 fatally, in Roseland

One man, 23, was struck in the abdomen and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 15, 2022

R. Kelly convicted on child pornography charges at federal trial in Chicago; acquitted of conspiring to obstruct justice

CHICAGO — In a split verdict after a hotly contested trial, a federal jury in Chicago on Wednesday convicted disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for videotaping himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 14, 2022

$1 million in grants offered to Cook County minority-owned small businesses

One hundred small businesses in Cook County can receive grants of $10,000 each through Comcast’s RISE Investment Fund. Applications open Oct. 3 and close Oct. 16.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2022

Fioretti announces bid to unseat Preckwinkle as Cook County Board president

Fioretti plans to make public safety a key issue in the campaign.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2022

Trial kicks off in custody battle over Heather Mack’s daughter

Four people are seeking custody of 7-year-old Estelle Schaefer, known as Stella, in the trial before Cook County Judge Stephanie Miller. Mack and her onetime boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, are charged in federal court with plotting the overseas murder of Mack’s mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2022

Black union pioneers honored on Labor Day

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2022

Labor Day weekend gun violence in Chicago: 10 killed, 46 wounded, including 13-year-old boy

The fatal attacks included a shooting early Sunday outside a bar in the Loop, and a man who was found with a gunshot wound in Old Town on the Near North Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 5, 2022

Cook County Health struggling to fill thousands of jobs

Wait times are “appalling,” one board members says with a quarter of the jobs at the safety net health system open and staff morale low.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022

Blagojevich is wrong to criticize criminal justice reforms

It’s a dangerous idea to take away someone’s presumed innocence, and with it their life as they know it, based on statistics.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022

Man fatally shot Glenwood man whom he wrongly believed put out a hit on a relative, prosecutors say

Isaiah Collier, 35, of northwest Indiana, is charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22 shooting of Tyler Hawker, 26, Cook County prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022