Cook County Juvenile Detention Center

The Illinois State Board of Education has ordered Chicago Public Schools to fix problems with special education services for students at the high school in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

Three more employees of the Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County have tested positive for the coronavirus, the judge’s office announced Wednesday.

The Office of the Chief Judge in Chicago announced Friday that two more employees have tested positive for the coronaviurs.

Four more employees at the Office of the Chief Judge tested positive for COVID-19, the office announced Wednesday.

A Chicago judge tested positive for the coronavirus, the Office of the Chief Judge for the Cook County Circuit Court announced Friday. The office announced that a judge from the Bridgeview Courthouse and an employee at the Adult Probation Department have both tested positive for COVID-19. The adult probation officer works at the Cook County Juvenile Center on the fifth…

The first cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the general population of the Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, officials said Friday. Five detainees living in the same general population cell tested positive for COVID-19 this week, Office of the Chief Judge spokesman Pat Milhizer said in a statement. Five others in the cell tested negative, he said....

A 16-year-old detainee of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center has contracted COVID-19 — the first resident of the jail to test positive for the disease. The teen was admitted to the jail March 30 and had not been exposed to the general population, according to a statement from Pat Milhizer, the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director for the Illinois Department of Public Health, warns that people who congregate during nicer weather Tuesday could set back any progress the state has made in its fight against coronavirus.

Two juveniles, one of whom was allegedly found in possession of several weapons, will appear in court Tuesday morning after allegations they threatened to open fire on summer school classes in a northwest Chicago suburb, authorities said.

Two teens posted images of themselves holding a firearm and threatened to use it Monday during summer classes at a northwest suburban high school, Park Ridge police said.

A 16-year-old boy is facing multiple felony charges as an adult in connection with a shooting that wounded two teens in suburban Palatine on Friday, according to police.