Courts and Legal News

Expanded Locations for Posting Bonds for Cook County Jail Detainees EFFECTIVE January 17 2017, bond can be posted for Cook County Jail detainees at Suburban District courthouses Monday –Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. (excluding holidays).

 

Legislation shepherded by Rep. Nekritz takes aim at ‘tough-on-crime’ statutes

Funds will assist four organizations with community-based initiatives

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today the County will award four grants of $200,000 each to support local violence prevention programs, the first

Board backs President Preckwinkle’s policy to provide local services to those at-risk

Cook County’s Justice Advisory Council (JAC) today received approval from the Board of Commissioners to award $700,000 in grants to seven different local

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown today announced the opening of the new Records Storage and Digital Imaging Center located at 1330 S.