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- Justin Fields’ final preseason play is a touchdown pass in a 27-24 win vs. the Tennessee Titans. Now the wait begins for Chicago Bears fans.
- Daily horoscope for August 29, 2021
- Ask Amy: Grandparents resent entitled child’s drama
- VetFest rocks new Oswego entertainment venue
- Letters: Let’s remember why speed cameras are in place
- A first-time homeowner’s guide to gas-powered lawnmowers, leaf blowers and weed wackers
- Landmarks: Wrought Iron Farm owners pursue dream of sustainability while making things that last
- Art takes center stage in downtown Aurora
- 4 eye-popping stats from Chicago Cubs rookie Patrick Wisdom’s latest home-run streak — including the franchise record he’s on the verge of breaking
- Chicago Bears tight end Jesper Horsted caps his preseason with 3 touchdowns — including a highlight dart from Justin Fields. Will it be enough to make the team?
- Who will be on the Chicago Bears’ 53-man roster? Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts after the final preseason game.
- This day in history, August 29: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastate New Orleans
- DuPage County anticipating the need for mass COVID-19 vaccine sites again when booster shots become available
- Pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan identified via dental records as Chicago resident, 19
- Speak Out reader opinion: Soldier Field show was lax in coronavirus protections
- Column: We should celebrate the everyday heroism of American workers
- Days after Chicago listening party, Kanye West finally releases ‘Donda’
- Photos: Wilco in Millennium Park
- Wilco’s Chicago concert in Millennium Park was a band-and-city family reunion. ‘We live here. We’ll be back’
- Batavia Windmill City Festival back after year off due to pandemic
- President Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Kabul airport suicide attack
- “Kinky Boots” at the Paramount
- Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, star of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Lou Grant’ dies at age 91
- Review: Two years in the fitting, a joyous ‘Kinky Boots’ kicks off dust at Paramount Theatre
- Photos: Cubs rookie Patrick Wisdom sports a mustache
- Fire spreads in Milan high-rise as residents evacuated
- Hurricane Ida makes landfall
- 2 people critically injured by hit-and-run driver in Lakeview. Police say he drove into 2 pedestrians, made a U-turn and hit a good Samaritan bicyclist who had stopped to help.
- New Orleans Saints move practice to the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium after Hurricane Ida evacuation
- Chicago’s Triathlon returns in 2021
- Afghan official says three children killed in US drone strike on vehicle carrying suicide bombers
- Hurricane Ida quickly strengthened into a monster. Here’s how it happened.
- City Series photos: White Sox 13, Cubs 1
- Some parents brace for chaotic first day as school bus driver shortage leaves 2,100 CPS students without rides
- Hurricane Ida blasts Louisiana coast with winds up to 150 mph, one of most powerful storms to ever hit the US
- Luis Robert and the White Sox offense are ‘finally running on all cylinders,’ hitting 5 home runs in a 13-1 rout of the Cubs — their 3rd double-digit output in 4 games
- Candace Parker scores 25 points in the Chicago Sky’s 3rd straight win, a 107-75 rout of the defending champion Seattle Storm
- PGA Tour BMW Championship: Patrick Cantlay defeats Bryson DeChambeau in dramatic six-hole playoff to win at Caves Valley
- Mets players are celebrating hits by giving their fans a thumbs down
- ‘We’re doing it in the district already’: Local schools respond to governor’s vaccine mandate for teachers
- Carjacking numbers trend up this year, say Oak Park police, with August number highest; police arrest nine