The chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to pay bribes to secure approval for red-light cameras in suburban Oak Lawn Patrick Doherty, 64, of Palos Heights, has been hit with three bribery charges in an indictment made public Friday. His arraignment has not been set. He faces up to five years…

Police are investigating and warning patients after a Chicago-area pediatrician’s suicide note raised questions about vaccination records at his medical practice. Cook County Sheriff’s police said they began investigating vaccination records from Dr. Van Koinis after he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sept. 10 in a Cook County Forest Preserve in Palos Township. Police said...

Police are investigating and warning patients after a Chicago-area pediatrician’s suicide note raised questions about vaccination records at his medical practice. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A detainee beaten to death last weekend at Cook County Jail suffered injuries so severe, they were similar to those of a person who had been involved in a car crash, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday. Pedro Ruiz, 19, was found by correctional officers unresponsive in his cell early Feb. 1 in a maximum security division of Cook…

The Cook County medical examiners’ office has confirmed three more deaths related to cold weather, bringing the season’s count to 28. The three happened last month and in November 2019, autopsy results recently confirmed. Two resulted in accidental overdoses of heroin and fentanyl, with cold weather as a contributing factor, the medical examiner’s office said. One was a 48-year-old woman…

Bill Conway is up with an ad in the race for Cook County state’s attorney in which he says he was fired upon while serving in the military overseas. “When I was in Afghanistan, I experienced the trauma of being fired upon,” Conway said in his ad that was released on Nov. 15. “It’s something I think about every...

A 19-year-old man being held at Cook County Jail on an attempted murder charge was found dead in his cell early Saturday with apparent head trauma, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. At 1:53 a.m., correctional officers found Pedro Ruiz unresponsive in his cell and immediately “began lifesaving measures,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. He...

The 19th cold-related death in Cook County this season happened Sunday in South Shore.

A 59-year-old man who died last month in Logan Square on the Northwest Side is Cook County’s 18th cold-related death of the season, according to the medical examiner’s office. Officers found the man unresponsive about 9:50 p.m. Dec. 26 in an alley in the 2800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene….

Cook County officials have confirmed the 15th cold-related death of the season after a man was found dead in Chicago’s Kelvin Park neighborhood on Dec. 9. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, the 44-year-old man was found unresponsive in the 4600 block of West Belmont Avenue on Dec. 9. Officials say the man was pronounced dead at the…

Police released images Thursday of a suspect wanted in connection with a home invasion and fatal shooting in south suburban Harvey. The suspect is wanted for questioning in the death of 33-year-old Antwan Hawthorne, Harvey police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Hawthorne was shot multiple times about 9 p.m. Dec. 18 after confronting a gunman in his apartment...

Three more people have died of cold-related causes in Cook County, raising the total number of cold-related deaths in the county this season to 11.

Cook County prosecutors dropped murder charges on Friday against a man who was framed as a teenager for a killing he didn’t commit in 1991. Demetrius Johnson was 15 when he was charged in the killing of Edwin Fred in a drive-by attack. Johnson, who denied involvement in the killing, was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He…

Cook County prosecutors dropped murder charges on Friday against a man who was framed as a teenager for a killing he didn’t commit in 1991. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A man found dead last month in in the South Loop has been confirmed as Cook County’s eighth cold-related death of the season.

NBC 5’s Alicia Roman has the latest weekend weather forecast.

In a historic hearing Wednesday, in a building more accustomed to accusations than exonerations, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx began the process of purging what are expected to be hundreds of thousands of low-level cannabis cases statewide. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the story.

A man found dead last month in Park Manor on the South Side has been confirmed as Cook County’s seventh cold-related death of the season.

Authorities are conducting a homicide investigation into the death of an 11-month-old boy from Roseland on the South Side. D’Siyah Thomas died Tuesday morning at LaRabida Children’s Hospital due to complications from inflicted head trauma, according to autopsy results from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide. Few details have been released about the...