CBS News Chicago has been investigating the systemic failures that have left survivors at risk. On Tuesday, the Cook County ...

Shaniqua Kinnard was granted a protective order last year after accusing Jarve Toms-Dixon of tormenting and attacking her ...

Financial abuse happens in around 98% of domestic violence cases according to the National Network To End Domestic Violence. It also is the number one reason survivors stay with an abuser.

Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times file The first day of bail reform in Cook County’s Domestic Violence Court began an hour late Monday as even small cases now demanded more paperwork and closer review.

The Chicago Police Department suspended those cases, and one case was classified as unfounded.

Editor’s note: This story contains brief descriptions of alleged domestic abuse. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s interim police superintendent was accused of domestic violence by his then-wife ...

Kids caught in the middle of domestic violence cases offered support, solace by Cook County court A designated room at Cook County’s Domestic Violence Courthouse aims to protect children from ...

A Cook County judge who allowed a man later accused of killing his wife to be released on electronic monitoring will no longer hear domestic violence cases.

Cook Co. chief judge working to change how domestic violence cases handled after deadly NW Side case Judge Thomas Nowinski allowed Constantin Beldie to be released on electronic monitoring; his ...

Domestic violence cases surged across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 36,000 Illinois residents — nearly 13,000 from Chicago — having contacted the Illinois Domestic Violence ...