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While announcing operation "Midway Blitz" on Monday, DHS also listed 11 specific people agents are looking for in Chicago. Many of those people were detained in the Cook County Jail for criminal cases ...

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 they're helping others as therapy ...

The Texas National Guard began operations in the Chicago area Wednesday night, the Pentagon said, as about 1,000 demonstrators marched down Michigan Avenue to protest the deployment and the aggressive ...

President Donald Trump called for the arrests of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker as hundreds of National Guard troops seemed poised to enter the city where tensions are ...

A group of Chicagoans celebrates the release of a loved one from the Cook County jail at around 9:15 PM on August 20, 2025. Credit: Dave Byrnes It was half past midnight and eight women had just left ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle joined a petition filed last week by the Cook County Public Defender's office ...

Trump has escalated his feud with Democratic officials in Illinois, writing that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail” for allegedly failing to protect ICE ...

The Olympia Fields estate that was owned at different times by two musical performers, the now-imprisoned R. Kelly and late Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers, has been sold by Isley's widow. Elaine ...

President Trump said early Wednesday that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail” for trying to stop the National Guard from restoring order in Chicago — soon after the lefty leader made ...

President Donald Trump suggested Chicago's mayor and the Illinois governor should face jail for "failing to protect ICE." Cardiologist: 9 American foods you 'couldn't pay me to eat'—after 20 years of ...