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- Auto racing notes: ‘Kids should be full of spirit,’ Mid-Am competitor Cheryl Hryn says, so the bike giveaway will be back at Grundy
- ‘We’re in a skid and it’s not fun’: Chicago Cubs lose their 7th straight, falling to the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 to drop 71/2 games out of 1st place
- Chicago White Sox extend their AL Central lead to 6 games with an 8-2 victory against the Detroit Tigers, but Yasmani Grandal exits with a calf injury
- Boys volleyball coach Roger Strausberger becomes Naperville Central’s interim AD amid IHSA investigation into transfers: ‘It’s a little bit of a shock to us all.’
- Daily horoscope for July 3, 2021
- Ask Amy: Family plans ahead for being an afterthought
- Editorial: Tiny houses for Chicago’s homeless better than massive tent cities
- Op-ed: A concerned mom’s plea to lift school mask mandates
- Orchid left out in the cold? It can still recover
- ‘We knew it was going to be a slog’: As the Chicago Cubs try to recapture their May magic, Jed Hoyer must assess the big picture as the July 30 trade deadline looms
- This day in history, July 3: Soviet forces recapture Minsk from the Germans
- Column: With the first half of the season in the books, Tony La Russa’s first-place Chicago White Sox need to keep their collective foot on the gas pedal
- 1 dead in crash on Lake Shore Drive near 43rd Street
- Road projects continue, others to begin this summer in south, southwest suburbs
- 6 dead, at least 11 wounded in city violence as holiday weekend starts
- Proving racist intent: Democrats face high new bar in opposing voting laws after Supreme Court decision
- Barrington’s Jen Devona is the 2021 Pioneer Press Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- Introducing the 2021 Pioneer Press Girls Soccer All-Area Team
- Demolition of collapsed Florida condo building to start Sunday: fire official
- Las Vegas is bouncing back. So is the coronavirus.
- Review: Grant Park Music Festival’s ‘Salute’ brings live music and happy crowds back to Millennium Park — remember chance conversations?
- Antioch officials ask for feedback on future of historic downtown: ‘It’s only right to ask residents what they’d like’
- Four new restaurants put down post-pandemic roots in Carpentersville, East and West Dundee
- Speak Out reader opinions: Hard to watch Cosby and his supporters; Olympian who turned back to flag should get no U.S. support; enjoy fireworks this year
- NHL teams are making a push to develop Latino players — and expand the sport’s reach to Spanish-speaking fans
- Aurora fireworks show ‘special’ this year as city celebrates Fourth of July weekend
- Law & Order column: Lake County jail passes inspection, returns to programming paused by COVID-19 pandemic
- Naperville Salute’s hometown feel, patriotic theme win fans among those attending opening night
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Shore Shore Line will increase McCormick Place stops during Chicago Auto Show
- Naperville People in the News: Honor rolls, dean’s lists and college/university degrees
- Free summer concerts planned in downtown Aurora
- From horses to superheroes, Griffith’s July 4th parade entertains the crowd
- Officials and residents prepare for illegal fireworks displays ahead of first post-shutdown Fourth of July
- Kyle Schwarber, who hit 16 home runs in June to help the Washington Nationals turn their season around, is out indefinitely with a strained right hamstring
- President Joe Biden to visit Crystal Lake, according to White House official
- ‘Very frustrating’: Chicago Cubs lose their 8th straight and fall into 3rd place — and 81/2 games out of 1st — in the NL Central with a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds
- With the Chicago Fire in need of victories, coach Raphael Wicky continues to make tweaks to his formations, resulting in a 3-0 win against Atlanta United
- Milwaukee Bucks advance to the NBA Finals for the 1st time since 1974 with a 117-107 win over the Atlanta Hawks
- 1 killed, 2 injured in Little Village shooting, police say
- The Chicago White Sox hold a comfortable division lead — but GM Rick Hahn is looking for upgrades to offset a bevy of injuries