The Lake County Coroner's office confirmed five bodies were recovered from the crash site.
Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine did it just months after undergoing a very complicated double organ transplant.
The victim suffered a puncture wound to the thigh, and was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he died, police said.
The teachers said they created the spelling bee because they wanted to spread positivity in their community in an age where social media is dominant in people's lives.
The victims were on a walkway in the park when they were all shot by an unknown person, police said.
The Schaumburg Park District said as of Wednesday, it was still working to restore critical systems and ensure the facility is safe.
CBS News Chicago has reported extensively on Gast Monuments, after several families said the company never delivered the headstones for which they paid.
On May 27, sources said a Chicago Department of Aviation security officer was assigned to a perimeter checkpoint at O'Hare and allowed dozens of drivers to enter without swiping their ID.
Adam Gerber was taken to an area hospital by Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics, and his family was notified and reunited with him.
They once were charged with non-violent felonies, but their hard work has paid off, and their records are about to be cleared through the Restorative Justice Community Courts system in Cook County.
Just after 5 p.m., the National Weather Service called a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the southern portion of Kane County.
Investigators said the explosion seemed to come from a process at the facility that burns off "volatile organic compounds."
Chicago police have charged a 15-year-old boy with felony animal cruelty for killing a duck and a chicken at a home in the city.
The victims included an 11-year-old child, a 35-year-old man, and a 50-year-old man.
The Chicago White Sox have indefinitely banned a fan from their home games after he brought Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte to tears by reportedly heckling him about his late mother.
