Timothy Evans

By December, automated calls and text should roll out countywide, Chief Judge Timothy Evans said.

Chief Judge Timothy Evans on Monday announced new guidelines for bond court in Cook County.

Starting Sunday, eight inmates will train to become licensed barbers.

The free drop-in center can house up to 27 kids from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Nearly 90 percent of Cook County defendants rely on free help from the public defender's office.

Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said police are making arrests but gun sentencing laws aren't tough enough.

The 2-year pilot program will help 200 young people in North Lawndale get back on track, a judge says.

Cellphones have been banned since 2013. Popular storage lockers will be re-installed Monday.

Sheriff said county jail is overburdened with the mentally ill and proposed cuts would be a disaster.

Some outside the 26th and California courthouse are asking for cash to hold now-banned cellphones.

The devices are being banned to protect witnesses and victims, the county's chief judge said.

The congressman says a "strong stench" hangs over the handling of the 2010 death of a homeless man.

The ban, supposed to go into full effect Monday, will be introduced during a three-month grace period.