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A former coach and teacher at Bloom Trail High School in suburban Steger was officially charged this week after a woman filed a civil lawsuit against him and the school in May.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A 32-year-old inmate at the Cook County Jail has died after suffering an apparent medical emergency. The incident happened just before 1 p.m., Friday. Ahmad Abed, of Bridgeview, suffered the medical emergency while in the Residential Treatment Unit, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Medical...

An investigation in Cook County has led to the bust of a large-scale retail theft operation. The Cook County sheriff announced Thursday that approximately $2.4 million in suspected stolen merchandise was recovered in the operation last week. The recovered merchandise included Nike Air Jordan shoes to commemorate the Paris Olympics that had not been made available to the public yet.

If Kelly and Walker are maintaining their innocence in the operation, that can only mean they'll be flipping on someone else sooner or later and with the investigation still active, don't be surprised if they start naming names.

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 27 residents of Illinois have been infected with dengue fever as record-breaking levels of cases are spreading across the United States. The CDC said 17 of the reported Illinois cases are in Cook County. More than 9.7...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The owner and an employee of a Near West Side store have been arrested on felony charges, after Cook County Sheriff's police recovered $2.4 million in stolen merchandise they allegedly were selling to customers.Sheriff's police said officers executed a search warrant at the Flee Club store in the 2200 block of West Taylor Street on July 2, after investigators discovered employees were knowingly buying stolen goods and reselling them at the store.Investigators said store employees also instructed the thieves involved to steal specific clothing, shoes, and fragrances that they would then resell.Sheriff's police recovered thousands of items...

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a. Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois…. * At 1059 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line. extending from East Chicago to Chicago Heights, moving east at 40. mph. HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Expect damage to...

STEGER, Ill. - A former coach and teacher at Bloom Trail High School in suburban Steger was officially charged this week after a woman filed a civil lawsuit against him and the school in May. Ronald Giglio, of Cedar Lake, Ind., has been charged in Cook County with criminal sexual...

CHICAGO — The Flossmoor Police Department released 19 documents related to its investigation of the alleged assault and battery of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in June. CWBChicago filed a Freedom of Information Act for the documents on June 23, the same day that William Swetz, 34,...

CHICAGO - Cook County Sheriff's police recovered more than $2 million in suspected stolen merchandise along with five guns after busting a fencing operation at a Chicago store last week, according to a statement from Sheriff Tom Dart. On July 2, sheriff's police executed a search warrant at a store...

Every six years, Cook County circuit judges ask voters for another term on the bench in what’s known as a retention vote. (Illinois Appellate Court judges run for retention every 10 years.) This November, more than 75 Cook County judges are up for retention. Injustice Watch researches each Cook...

A former Jefferson County judge is suing Chicago, arguing that city rescinded a job offer after she left her seat on the bench to work there. Tracie Todd, who served as a circuit criminal judge in the Birmingham division of Jefferson County for over a decade, left her position for a job as a city attorney in Chicago. Her departure came after years of battles with Alabama’s higher courts, some over a ruling she issued calling Alabama’s capital murder sentencing scheme unconstitutional.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said at least $2.5 million worth of high-end merchandise was confiscated from a Near West Side store, where it was for sale."The types of things we got, it's just stunning. Just stunning. It's Prada, it's Lululemon, it's Louis Vuitton," said Sheriff Tom Dart.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchOfficers raided Flee Club on West Taylor Street last Tuesday, where they allege the operators knowingly sold stolen merchandise, even requesting certain in-demand items be stolen."We were sending people in to sell, and we were telling them it was stolen," Dart said. "We would...