Itching to vote? More than 57,000 Illinois voters have already weighed in as requests for mail...

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 8:22A Rachel Hinton

Hand sanitizer and KN95 masks are available for voters at the Loop Super Site, an early voting site, at 191 N. Clark St. Wednesday morning. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Chicago has reported 437,568 voters...

Teen killed in Austin shooting; 2 suspects arrested

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 8:06A Sun-Times Wire

A teenage boy was shot and killed Sept. 30, 2020, in Austin. | Sun-Times file photo The 17-year-old was walking in an alley in the 200 block of North Central Avenue when two males shot him in the...

Is a virtual arts degree worth it?

Chicago Reader (Arts & Culture) 9/30 7:50A Emma Oxnevad

Chicago high school seniors prepare for collegiate arts programs amid pandemic For Vincenza Handzel, a senior at Jones College Prep, dancing isn't just a hobby—it's a passion. She began dancing at the...

Lightfoot declares impasse, goes her own way on civilian police review

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 7:16A Fran Spielman

Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets police officers before a press conference at the 10th District Police Station in Lawndale in August. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Desmon Yancy of the Grassroots Alliance for...

Dread Head Cowboy says he has no regrets about horseback protest

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 7:05A Matthew Hendrickson

Adam Hollingsworth, 33, otherwise known as “The Dread Head Cowboy,” exits after a hearing at the Circuit Court of Cook County at 727 E. 111th St. on the Far South Side, Wednesday morning, Sept. 30,...

Coronavirus forces the NFL to postpone Sunday’s Titans-Steelers game

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 6:37A Associated Press

An outbreak of positive COVID-19 tests among Titans players and staff prompted the NFL to postpone the team’s game against the Steelers. | David Berding/AP A COVID-19 outbreak among Titans players and...

This week in history: Thurgood Marshall dons ‘solemn robes of justice’

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 6:18A Alison Martin

This Aug. 22, 1958 file photo shows Thurgood Marshall outside the Supreme Court in Washington. | AP On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall made court history when he became the first Black man to be...

The comeback crane

Chicago Reader (Lit & Lectures) 9/30 5:50A Sophie Lucido Johnson

Ornithologists have called the sandhill crane migration the most beautiful natural phenomenon in the United States. …

State will offer small businesses free ‘infection prevention’ training (LIVE UPDATES)

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 3:32A Lizzie Schiffman Tufano

washing hands; hand washing | stock.adobe.com | rcfotostock - stock.adobe.com Get the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois. Follow here for live updates. The latest State will...

Trump to Proud Boys: ‘Stand back and stand by’

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 3:20A Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and...

Emerging Chicago rappers Semiratruth and Tre Johnson make supersize fun together

Chicago Reader (Lit & Lectures) 9/30 3:00A Leor Galil

Chicago rapper Semiratruth impressed me with her 2019 EP I Don’t Wanna Have to Yell for You to Listen, where her sly lines springboard off rickety underground-style instrumentals and her expressive...

Skulls support self-publishing on the gig poster of the week

Chicago Reader (Lit & Lectures) 9/30 1:00A Salem Collo-Julin

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Chema Skandal. On this week's gig poster, a party skull says hello to October—and to the fifth edition of ZINEmercado, an independent zine...

‘Once Upon a River’: A backwoods journey dense with beautiful images and brilliant acting

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/30 12:30A Richard Roeper

Margo (Kenadi DelaCerna) puts her outdoor skills to use in a rowboat escape from her small town in “Once Upon a River.” | Film Movement A teenage girl in peril takes to the water to find her estranged...

Man stabbed while riding CTA Green Line train in the Loop

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/29 10:46P Sun-Times Wire

A 55-year-old man was stabbed Sept. 30, 2020, on a CTA Green Line train in the Loop. | Sun-Times file photo About 1:50 a.m. the man was riding the train when he was stabbed in the chest. A 55-year-old...

8 shot, 4 fatally, Tuesday in Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times (Entertainment) 9/29 10:34P Sun-Times Wire

Eight people were shot, four fatally, Sept. 29, 2020, in Chicago. | Sun-Times file photo The latest two homicides happened within five minutes of each other Tuesday afternoon on the West Side. Four...