| Good afternoon, Chicago. The Chicago Transit Authority will add three more bus routes to its “frequent” network and will expand the hours of operation or frequency of service on a batch of other routes starting Sunday, the transit agency announced today. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news An emergency warning siren in Naperville in 2022. (Suzanne Baker/Naperville Sun) Residents in DuPage County were awakened by tornado sirens early this morning that were activated accidentally, officials said. More top news stories: business Fans check out a pace car on display at the NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park on July 6, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The streets of Grant Park will not echo with the sounds of 200 mph race cars in 2027. More top business stories: sports Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrates after hitting a walk-off, two-run homer in the 10th inning for a 7-5 win against the White Sox on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at Wrigley Field. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first MLB player with a leadoff home run on the first pitch his team saw and a walk-off home run on the last pitch his team saw in a game since the Kansas City A’s Vic Power on May 7, 1957, according to OptaSTATS. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Photographer Mati Maldre stands outside his home in Chicago’s Beverly Hills neighborhood on July 29, 2026. His new book, “The Architecture of Chicago’s Beverly Hills/Morgan Park,” was photographed on film with his Deardorff view camera. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) “At the edge of a city made monotonous by the unyielding street grid of right angles and the seemingly endless repetition of two-flats and bungalows, the twin communities of Beverly Hills and Morgan Park offer the wearied urbanite a visual respite.” That’s how photographer Mati Maldre describes the Southwest Side neighborhood in his book “The Architecture of Chicago’s Beverly Hills/Morgan Park,” which features 256 duotoned photographs of the area’s notable homes, arranged by historical district. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Lindsay Clancy listens to her mother Paula Musgrove on the witness stand during her murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger) Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” in the months leading up to killing her three children and attempting to end her own life, Clancy’s former mother-in-law testified for the defense Tuesday in the fourth week of her murder trial. More top stories from around the world: |