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Fire officials in suburban Beecher say that the pilot of a small plane is dead after the aircraft crashed on Monday morning. According to authorities, the Beecher Fire Protection District responded to reports of a plane crash just after 10 a.m. Monday near the intersection of West Offner Road and South Nacke Road. Units arrived on the scene less than…

A judge has refused to dismiss reckless homicide charges filed against a northern Illinois man for a 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three sons.

A 6-year-old boy has died of his injuries following a horrific south suburban crash that claimed the lives of his pregnant mother and two younger brothers this week.

Six-year-old Owen Schmidt died this morning from injuries he suffered in a car crash Monday. Owen’s pregnant mother Lindsey Schmidt also died in the crash, as did his two brothers Caleb and Weston.

A donation fund has been set up to help the Schmidt family in wake of the heartbreaking accident that claimed the lives of a pregnant mother and her three children.

A 4-year-old boy who was on life-support following a south suburban crash that killed his mother and 1-year-old brother has died one day after the horrific accident. Regina Waldroup reports.

Nearly 80 animals, including several dogs, were found living in their own feces inside a home in suburban Steger, where a squatter had allegedly been living for several years.