In the end, it was Timothy Evans’ peers who decided his time was up as chief judge in Cook County. In a surprise, Evans lost ...

Cook County judges elected Charles "Charlie" Beach as chief judge, ending Timothy Evans’ 24-year tenure. Beach, a circuit ...

Tim Evans, who has served as Cook County’s chief judge for more than two decades, was defeated in his run for a ninth term ...

Circuit court judges voted Wednesday to elect Judge Charles Beach as the new chief judge overseeing the Cook County court system.

Leonard Dixon, who’s run Cook County’s temporary juvenile detention facility for the past decade, told a reporter outside a ...

Judge Charles Beach, the newly elected Cook County Circuit chief judge, received about 57% of the votes cast by circuit judges, according to a spokesperson with the chief judge’s office.

The Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., is set to have its first new chief judge in nearly a quarter-century after the ...

Judge Charles Beach has replaced Timothy C. Evans as Cook County's chief judge after winning the election with 144 votes.

Eight-term Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans was ousted by Judge Charles Beach in a three-way race held Wednesday. Beach ...

Cook County Judge Gregory P. Vasquez had his own unique style when presiding over criminal cases that required him — not a jury — to render a verdict. It was so unique that a state appeals court ...

A Cook County judge declined Wednesday to lift an order barring the release of body-camera videos and other records related ...

Charles Beach defeated Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans in an election vote on Wednesday.