The 50-year-old was in prison since 2003, convicted in a deadly 2002 shooting of a man during a dice game. Porter has always ...

Inmates are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them find a job when they get out.

The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

Dart says surveillance video shows the employee walking through a gate at the time and place he claimed to slip and fall injuring his back. Sheriff Dart is calling for an overhaul of the county's ...