Illinois

Two boys have been pronounced dead after being rescued from an icy pond in Palatine Wednesday afternoon.

"I'm so overcome with emotion," said Andreona's mom, Amber Morgan. "It's amazing to hear her heart beat again."

The employee fell into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and was "immediately incinerated," OSHA said.

A United Airlines flight attendant was taken to a Chicago hospital following an incident on a United flight from San Francisco to Chicago Sunday morning. 

A registered sex offender is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in Chicago while on bail this year, according to a local report.

Michael Winch, Heather Hyatt and Michael Goodman have all been booked into jail.

Bond has been set for two Milwaukee women accused of stealing more than $1,200 worth of merchandise from the Nordstrom Rack in Oak Brook. 

A suburban high school dropped the ‘king' and ‘queen’ titles for Homecoming this year in order to give all students the chance to be involved, the school said Monday.

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that there will be an investigation into a new allegation of sexual abuse against Father Michael Pfleger. 

False alerts have reportedly been sent from passengers riding a roller coaster at the Chicago-area Six Flags Great America.

It appears 'Max' will be up in the air again, and lights and sound effects will be turned on this weekend.

A suburban house is winning Halloween this year, but not without controversy.

"That child usually sits in the front seat next to his mother, but he wanted to get back to sit next to his brother," said community activist Andrew Holmes, who spent a couple hours trying to comfort the family on Saturday.

The Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed four people are dead following a barricade situation at a burning home Friday morning.

A boat captain has been charged with manslaughter in a Memorial Day parasailing crash in the Florida Keys that killed a 33-year-old Illinois woman and injured her young son and nephew.

Cooper Roberts, the young boy paralyzed from the waist down in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting, has finally returned home after multiple surgeries and weeks of rehab.

Bail was denied for the woman who was charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing her 3-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, leaving him in "very critical" condition.

At least eight people were injured during an explosion at an apartment Tuesday morning in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.