CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSNorth Port Musician Jerome Kidd Pittman Turns His Las Vegas Wedding Into Married in Vegas Video While Chasing a Creative Career That Helps Pay Family Bills CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSSienna Spiro Wins Best New Artist at the MTV Vmas and Makes Her Main Stage Debut as the 20-Year-Old British Singer’s Fast Rise Keeps Gaining Momentum CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSJohnny Cash Made His Acting Debut on Wagon Train in 1959, Launching a Long Television Career That Later Included the Muppet Show, Columbo, and the Simpsons UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Illinois Lottery Online Player Lands $550,000 Lucky Day Lotto Jackpot After Matching All Five Evening Numbers in Saturday Drawing Chicago Speed Camera Tickets Surged in 2025 as 50 New Cameras Helped City Collect $64.2 Million and End Three Years of Decline Chicago Cubs Open Playoff Ticket Lottery Wednesday as Wrigley Field Hopefuls Line up for a Chance to Buy Seats If the Team Reaches October Chicago Malört World Record Attempt Sells Out as Hundreds Prepare to Take a Bitter Shot Sunday, With Livestream Viewers and Neighborhood Bars Still Joining the Stunt Chicago Mom Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off After Repeated Scans at a Gage Park Store, Then Plans Back-To-School Gifts for Her Three Children VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago’s What’s Funny Comedy Festival Brings Legends, Surprises and a Packed Weekend of Stand-Up, Live Podcasts and Local Club Shows for Fans Downtown Chicago Weekend Guide Pairs Tinashe, Summer Walker, Suki Waterhouse and Open House Chicago With the 62nd Film Festival and Halloween Events Aurora Festival Attack Case Sends Calvin Jones to Court After Prosecutors Say He Punched Four People and Spit on a Police Officer at Moon Festival Aurora Man Calvin Jones Faces Felony Charges After Prosecutors Say He Punched Four Festivalgoers, Including a Man Holding a 1-Year-Old Child, at Pacifica Square Chicago’s Free Jazz Festivals Keep September Humming With Englewood Premieres, Hyde Park Anniversaries and Tributes to John Coltrane and Miles Davis VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS North Port Musician Jerome Kidd Pittman Turns His Las Vegas Wedding Into Married in Vegas Video While Chasing a Creative Career That Helps Pay Family Bills Sienna Spiro Wins Best New Artist at the MTV Vmas and Makes Her Main Stage Debut as the 20-Year-Old British Singer’s Fast Rise Keeps Gaining Momentum Johnny Cash Made His Acting Debut on Wagon Train in 1959, Launching a Long Television Career That Later Included the Muppet Show, Columbo, and the Simpsons Sienna Spiro Makes a Striking Vmas Debut on a Giant Record Player Before Winning Best New Artist and Heading to Austin City Limits and a North American Tour Angela Stribling, Pioneering D.C. 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