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Shawna Jeanguenat was 5 months pregnant with her second child when she was detained in the LaSalle County Jail in Illinois on drug-related charges in 2019. She was later transferred on a separate ...

When Sarah Jo Pender was convicted of a 2000 double murder in a white house just south of what is now Lucas Oil Stadium alongside her boyfriend Richard Hull, she was given two ...

Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, where hearings were held for D65 employees facing sex abuse charges. Credit: Jeff Hirsh Wearing Cook County Jail uniforms, District 65 staff members ...

While the Portland Trail Blazers rarely get attention from the national media, all eyes will be on the history of the franchise soon. Netflix announced that it is set to release a documentary about ...

Mon, February 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC COOK COUNTY - Inside the Cook County Jail, the sound echoing through Division 3 Annex wasn’t the usual clank of metal doors, it was applause. Seventy-five ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

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The Democratic primary race for Cook County assessor comes at a fraught time, when residential property tax bills are rising fastest in predominantly Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The McLennan County jail nurse who may have exposed about a dozen inmates to the virus that causes AIDS has been fired, the county’s attorney confirmed Tuesday. While the ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s a new twist in an ongoing battle to keep drugs out of Cook County Jail. WGN Investigates has previously reported on efforts by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to stop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s a new twist in an ongoing battle to keep drugs out of Cook County Jail. WGN Investigates has ...