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Patrick Bertoletti won the inaugural Cozy Dog eating competition at the International Route 66 Mother Road Festival Saturday, September 26.
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Bertoletti wins first-ever Cozy Dog eating contest at 66 fest

Chicagoan Pat Bertolettti wins first competition with 51 dogs down.

Education
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Best colleges in Illinois

Stacker compiled a list of the colleges in Illinois using data from Niche.

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October events in Springfield include history lessons, Route 66 conference

Living history, and a Route 66 conference, are among the activities for the public in Springfield in October.

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Man gets 20 years in prison for Pawnee sexual assault of minor

The assault happened in Pawnee April, 2024.

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a single to complete the cycle during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
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Cubs clinch 2nd straight playoffs trip by beating Marlins 2-1 as Crow-Armstrong joins 40-40 club

Seiya Suzuki homered for the Cubs (88-71), who assured themselves of one of the NL’s three wild card berths.

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Eagles look to add to perfect start by stopping the Bears’ rushing attack on Monday night

If Williams and Bagent are unable to play, Case Keenum is expected to start for Chicago.

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Sports
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After three straight 100-loss seasons, the improbable White Sox are headed back to the postseason

The White Sox clinched no worse than one of three AL wild-card spots with the rout in Kansas City.

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Sports
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On a milestone afternoon for Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs earned second straight playoffs trip

“That was the most emotion I think I’ve ever experienced on a baseball field,” Crow-Armstrong said. “It wasn’t relief, it wasn’t anxiety. It was a sense of gratitude.”

James Fulton Engstrom, center, his mother, Bonnie Engstrom, background center, and other family members present a relic of Archbishop Fulton Sheen during Sheen's beatification at the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kate Munsch)
IL State News
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Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen is beatified in St. Louis, putting him a step from sainthood

The indoor stadium was chosen because there wasn’t a venue large enough in his home Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, to accommodate the anticipated crowd.