Skip to content
2024 > August > 31
- Daily Horoscope for August 31, 2024
- After feast or famine last year, Jahan Abubaker gets cooking for Lincoln-Way West. ‘I’m eating oatmeal or eggs.’
- Aiden Clark ‘wanted to hit the ground running’ in Naperville Central’s season opener. He doesn’t stop.
- A nervous Josh Siekierski comes alive after taking first hit for Waubonsie Valley. ‘That really got me going.’
- Asking Eric: Daughter-in-law wants to be too close
- Today in History: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash
- Today in Sports History: Chicago Bears and the College All-Stars play
- Biblioracle: 4 Chicago books on working for Labor Day, from Upton Sinclair to Studs Terkel
- Letters: An overdose prevention site on the West Side would save lives
- Tribune Opinion quotes of the week ending Aug. 31
- After saying goodbye to kids heading off to college, Chicago-area parents look forward to their next chapter
- A week after labor board says some third-party delivery drivers are Amazon employees, Teamsters say more drivers in Skokie are organizing
- Advocates for homeless Chicagoans push city to improve extreme weather plan: ‘A predictable crisis’
- Tickets are on sale Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences’ upcoming season
- Barrington School District 220 wants $64M from taxpayers for capital improvements. The board approved a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot.
- Murphy will retire as police chief in Wilmette, moving closer to home to be top cop in Barrington Hills
- North Suburban School of Dance Company celebrates awards and numerous performances
- 2 in custody after carjacking a victim Friday night in South Chicago, wounding woman who gave chase
- Teenage boy critically wounded in shooting Friday evening in Washington Park
- Northbrook Park District hosting its first Paint the Prairie on Sept. 7-8
- Woman fatally shot on porch in West Pullman, concealed carry holder returns fire at attacker
- Woman, 58, fatally shot while inside a vehicle at a gathering in North Lawndale
- Photos: Chicago Jazz Fest 2024
- Alliance looks at ways to reduce plastic use in everyday life, particularly schools
- 15 Arlington Heights area nonprofit service orgs get slice of $435K in Community Development funds
- Unidentified male fatally wounded Saturday morning inside vehicle on South Side
- Haake: The Devil went down to Arlington
- Kuechmann Arboretum gets national accreditation, joins the ArbNet community
- St. Rita’s Nick Herman scores TD that would make EA Sports proud. And his friends, too. ‘I’m really into gaming.’
- Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before an expected pause in fighting
- Southern border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August, hinting that the 5-month drop may have bottomed out
- Illinois State Police trooper struck on I-94 while responding to traffic crash
- Northwest Indiana activist groups raise concerns for potential steel industry project
- Nick Weisse plays a position in West Aurora’s defense called cash. He’s right on the money too. ‘Pretty special.’
- Chicago White Sox are on the cusp of breaking the franchise record for losses. Here are 3 methods to their badness.
- Ravinia Brewing agrees to change name in trademark lawsuit settlement with Ravinia Festival
- Police say a man will face charges after storming into the press area at a Trump rally
- Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
- Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37 others
- Northwestern opens temporary lakefront stadium with a 13-6 win against Miami (Ohio)
- How developing a pregame routine and adding a leg kick has turned Pete Crow-Armstrong into a dynamic hitter for the Chicago Cubs
- Alley Art Festival in Aurora puts local artists in the spotlight
- Photos: Northwestern wins opener at its temporary stadium on the lakefront in Evanston
- Ethan Hampton throws for 5 touchdowns, fueling Northern Illinois to a 54-15 rout of Western Illinois
- San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall out of hospital after shooting during attempted robbery
- Serena Williams visits the US Open for the first time since playing her last match there in 2022
- Photos: New York Mets 5, Chicago White Sox 3
- No. 9 Michigan begins its national title defense with a 30-10 victory against Fresno State
- A tying shame: Chicago White Sox match franchise record with their 106th loss — and there’s a month left in the season
- Jeremiyah Love’s touchdown run helps No. 7 Notre Dame pull away late to beat No. 20 Texas A&M 23-13
- Luis Suárez scores twice as Inter Miami — playing without superstar Lionel Messi — rolls past the Chicago Fire 4-1