Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old ...

A pair of world records are in jeopardy this week as members of Skydive Chicago attempt to set new marks in vertical and traditional formation skydiving. Skydive Chicago has arranged for 450 skydivers ...

Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman and centenarian who recently set a world record for being the oldest person ever to participate in a tandem skydive, has passed away just a week after her ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — Jumping from a plane, not ideal right? Well, the divers at Skydive Chicago would tell you it’s an experience everyone needs to have. The skydivers met last week for the first time in ...

Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died. Hoffner’s close friend, ...

Update: The skydivers have set one of two world records. Find the latest updates here. Hundreds of skydivers from around the world are in Illinois this week, attempting to break two skydiving records.

Rook Nelson is the co-director and owner of SkyDive Chicago and has been skydiving since he was 4 Since then, he's been inducted into the International Skydiving Hall of Fame and has completed more ...

The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old Dr. Noel Liu of East Peoria. Coroner Richard Ploch was called to ...