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  • Illinois reacts to Holder criminal justice reforms
  • Sweeping criminal justice reforms have been unveiled by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who wants to cut back long prison sentences given for some drug-related crimes.
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  • A Highland Park home at 370 Beech Street is back on the market with a listing price of $1.5 million.
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  • Ruth Rothstein, the health administrator who served as the first chief of the Cook County Bureau of Health has passed away.
  • Ruth Rothstein, the health administrator who served as the first chief of the Cook County Bureau of Health passed away on Sunday.
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  • Cook County inmates serving time by raising chickens
  • Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has pioneered unusual programs for non-violent inmates that he says he thinks will make them less likely to return.
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  • Chuck I-team
  • For the first time ever in Cook County, the medical examiner wants cremation as an option for indigent remains.
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  • Erasmo Rodriguez-Apreza, 37, is charged with indecent solicitation of a minor.
  • Erasmo Rodriguez-Apreza, 37, is charged with indecent solicitation of a minor.
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  • The FEMA deadline to register for federal aid from the April and May floods has been extended.
  • People living in 35 Illinois counties are eligible for flood assistance, including Cook, Kane and Lake.
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  • A cause has now been determined in the death of a south suburban woman, whose body was found inside her Richton Park home.
  • The cause of death has been determined for a woman whose body was found inside her south suburban Richton Park home.
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  • Police call Richton Park womans death suspicious
  • Celeste Caldwell, 56, was found dead in her living room by her son in her Richton Park home.
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  • A south suburban woman was in court Thursday facing animal abuse charges after police say an emaciated dog was found outside a home in Dolton. Authorities also found some other animals in crates with no food or clean drinking water.
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  • Cook County Sheriffs police rescued eight dogs from a home in the southern suburb of Dolton.
  • Cook County Sheriff's police rescued eight dogs from a home in the southern suburb of Dolton.
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  • A 22-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder in the 2006 murder of a Metra police officer.
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  • In less than a week, voters will choose a successor to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger.
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  • Both leading candidates for Cook County assessor are promising fairer property tax bills.
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  • Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is considering running for mayor of Chicago with the election just under six months away.
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  • Flooded-out homeowners in the western suburbs got a chance Monday to show federal officials the damage they suffered.
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  • All four candidates in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board president are now endorsed by a different member of Congress.
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  • Suburban Cook County Regional School Superintendent Charles Flowers appeared in court on Friday, a day after being charged with corruption.
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  • A Cook County school administrator faces corruption charges following a year-long investigation.
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  • ABC7 is hosting the first of six debates before the February 2nd primary. The Democratic candidates for Cook County board president will face off on Thursday night.
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  • A new poll shows Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in third place in the race for the Democratic Party nomination.
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  • It's where some of Illinois' richest political land yields bumper crops of patronage and paychecks year after year.
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  • The I-Team has peeled back the layers of bureaucracy to reveal the truth about townships.
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  • For the first time in a decade, the Cook County Board passed its new budget before the end of its fiscal year.
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