Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office announced that a multi-state sting known as "National Day of Johns Arrests" netted a total of 314 arrests and $475,000 in fines, including 47 men and 29 women in Cook County. more ›

A South Side Catholic priest who celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday was beaten and robbed last night in a midnight attack, leaving him with broken ribs and a swollen face. more ›

We don't know about you, but our main priorities when choosing a day care center for our kids are that it's clean, the caregivers are good with children, and most importantly, that it doesn't also contain a pit bull fighting ring. So a home day care in Maywood definitely wouldn't have made our short list after the Cook County Sheriff raided it, breaking up an alleged dog fighting operation and rescuing 9 dogs, all of which needed medical attention. Some of the dogs were in horrific condition -- Sheriff Tom Dart told the press that they "found a dog with its eye ripped out, a dog with a leg twisted backward and a dog with its lower extremities nearly ripped off its body," and another dog that appeared to have very recently been in a fight and "its chest... was shredded and its penis was bitten almost completely off." more ›

Cook County sheriff's police broke up a dogfight taking place in the basement of a house in the 500 block of West 66th St. on Saturday night. The fight was attended by 50 people, including a pregnant woman and a few teenagers. Three men (pictured from left to right: Donaver Jones, Melvin Trent and Timothy Norris) were charged with felony dogfighting. All others were issued misdemeanor tickets for attending a dogfight.

Police swept into the basement about 10 p.m. Saturday night to find a bloodied 10-by-10-foot makeshift ring surrounded by 3-foot-high wooden boards smeared with blood, bites and scratches. The floor of the ring was covered with a red rug that police said was used to disguise blood. more ›

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is closer to resuming evictions of rent-paying tenants living in foreclosed properties now that judges are using a new court document. The new document specifically outlines how long the tenant has until he/she has to leave the property - the shortest of 120 days or the remainder of the lease. Dart spokesman Steve Patterson said:

We applaud Judge Kinnaird for taking this step and believe it brings us much closer to a resolution. We're continuing to meet with the judge and state's attorneys, addressing logistical changes that will have to take place before the plan can be finalized. But we're confident things are moving in that direction.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, he of "We won't surprise tenants with an eviction order intended for their landlord" fame, recently sat down with Time Magazine to discuss the housing crisis and why he came to the decision he did.

Tell me about your thoughts on the "cavalier" attitude at the root of this problem. more ›