SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and ...

Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, was ordered detained before his trial. Prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his wife in front of two of ...

COOKE COUNTY, Texas — A judge on Thursday recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, who was convicted of capital murder in 1997, finding that the former district attorney in the case ...

McKnight, an elected judge in Dauphin County since 2016, was suspended without pay in mid-November 2023 by the Court of Judicial Discipline, which handles misconduct allegations against judges.

Misdemeanor judges have issued a scathing letter declaring their “loss of confidence” in the director of a Harris County agency that appoints defense attorneys to poor people accused of low ...

HAPPENED, HE WOULD SHOOT HER. NEWS EIGHT HAS LEARNED SUSPENDED DAUPHIN COUNTY JUDGE SONJA MCKNIGHT, WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER YESTERDAY, IS IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRISON.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday acknowledged difficulties with the expensive, long-delayed and glitch-ridden computer overhaul of the county’s property tax system ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Suspended Dauphin County Judge Sonya McKnight was moved to Cumberland County Prison following her attempted murder conviction this week. McKnight, 59, was found ...

Just in time for this summer’s property tax bills, the Cook County Board has finalized plans for a one-time relief program for a small slice of taxpayers. The program will dole out $13.6 million ...

Homeowners in Cook County may soon see some relief from property tax increases. The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved eligibility rules for the Cook County Homeowner Relief ...

A Cook County judge on Thursday found a man guilty of threatening then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who last month testified that receiving the profane and racist missive was traumatizing to her and her ...

San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen said in his ruling. On Tuesday, van Rooyen ordered the county to cancel its approval of the map. Now, the Anastasi Co. must re-apply to the ...