EDITORIAL: Stop gun shows at Lake County fairgrounds

Last week's law enforcement summit in Gary should serve as notice that Indiana, particularly Lake County, is contributing to Chicago's crime problem.

Cops will target Crown Point gun shows in stonger weapons monitoring

GARY | The Lake County Fairgrounds gun shows are an example of a potential source of guns that fall into criminals' hands, Indiana and Illinois law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Rush, Davis endorse Robin Kelly for Jackson's seat

CHICAGO | Two Democratic Illinois congressmen have endorsed Robin Kelly in the race to replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.

Cook County police nab 22 on outstanding warrants

CHICAGO | A total of 22 south suburban individuals, including a Lansing man, have been arrested on outstanding warrants after a sweep by Cook County sheriff's police on July 25, the sheriff's office announced Tuesday.

DNA test shows missing 19-year-old was Gacy victim

CHICAGO | After her older brother disappeared in 1976, Laura O'Leary suspected the 19-year-old construction worker probably had died at the hands of John Wayne Gacy. But the family was never able to prove it.

Sheriff launches new effort to ID Gacy victims

CHICAGO | More than 30 years after a collection of skeletal remains was found beneath John Wayne Gacy's house, detectives secretly have exhumed the bones of eight young men who were never identified in hopes of answering a final question: Who were they?

Grand jury adds kidnapping charges in teen's death

MARKHAM | A Cook County grand jury has indicted the man and woman charged in the strangulation of a pregnant teenager, adding kidnapping to the host of charges against the two.

No bond for man, $3 million for girlfriend in Alsip woman's death

MARKHAM | A Cook County judge denied bond Friday for one of two people charged with the strangulation of a pregnant 18-year-old Alsip woman.

Sheriff's office declared politics-free

CHICAGO | Forty-two years after a lawsuit was filed alleging elected officials in Chicago were improperly allowing politics to influence hiring and promotional practices, the Cook County sheriff's office has become the first public office to be dismissed from the lawsuit.

Sheriff: Person of interest in custody in pregnant teen's death

CHICAGO | Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Wednesday police have a person of interest in custody in connection with the strangulation death of a pregnant teen.

'Cassanova' charged with holding Internet date prisoner

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | A Cook County judge ordered a $500,000 bond Thursday for a Chicago Heights man charged with holding and beating a downstate woman he met on the Internet.

Commissioner offers new guidelines for burial of poor, unknown

CHICAGO | Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey, D-12th, wants to create new standards for the way the county handles burials of the indigent, unclaimed and unknown.

Cook Co. Jail first in nation with full-body scanners

Cook County Jail is now the first correctional facility in the nation with full-body scanners able to detect contraband on detainees in seven seconds.

Sheriff reports compliance during sex offender roundup

The Cook County Sheriff's first sex offender roundup of the year successfully tracked dozens of registered offenders across unincorporated Cook County on Saturday.

Sheriff lifts lockdown at Cook County Jail

CHICAGO | After 42 hours, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart lifted the lockdown at Cook County Jail about 9 a.m. Thursday.

Sheriff declares civil emergency at Cook County Jail

CHICAGO | Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has declared a civil emergency at the Cook County Jail. The move allows Dart to direct staff from other sheriff's department functions to the jail.

Five charged in $4.9 million pot bust

STEGER | Bond has been set at $400,000 each for five men who were charged with distributing cannabis from a Steger home, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Friday. Dart's office said the bust was worth $4.9 million.

Alleged sexual assault posted on Facebook

MARKHAM | A Cook County judge set bond at $75,000 for a Ford Heights man accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl and taking explicit photos that were later disseminated on Facebook, Sheriff Tom Dart announced Friday.

Sheriff: Cook County seizes pot in mail

An investigation into suspicious packages being mailed to Chicago days before Christmas has led to the seizure of nearly $3 million in drugs and the arrest of a Chicago man, said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

Raid nets counterfeit sports garb

A suburban man has been arrested after an undercover investigation found he was manufacturing and distributing thousands of sweatshirts, T-shirts, jerseys and hats embroidered with counterfeit logos of the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks and other popular brands, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart annou…