Incumbent Timothy Evans has served for 24 years, already the longest of any chief judge in Cook County history. Two ...

Beach will be Cook County’s first new chief judge in 24 years, after defeating eight-term incumbent Timothy Evans.

For the past few months, visual reporter Verónica Martinez has been painting a mural in our office. Headphones on, pants flecked with paint, she stands on a stepladder, breathing life into the 22-by-8 ...