| Good afternoon, Chicago. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the $9 billion Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics
Park, Gov. JB Pritzker touted the project as a magnet for jobs and economic investment. California-based PsiQuantum agreed to be the campus’ anchor tenant and other tech firms, including IBM and those funded by the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will also establish operations there. But after months of talking with Southeast Side community and grassroots organizations seeking more transparency, Chicago-based podcasters and Respair Media co-founders Damon Williams and Daniel Kissingler found another point of view. 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 Charles Meadows watches his daughter Chaya, 3, enjoy the signature ice cream as Rainbow Cone
celebrates their 100th birthday on Aug. 9, 2026, in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. Chaya won free rainbow cones for a year in a special giveaway. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) A line snaked around the Original Rainbow Cone’s pink-painted Beverly storefront yesterday afternoon, as customers celebrated a century of the beloved confection. More top news stories: business Former Chicago Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds in July placed his four-bedroom, contemporary-style house in Northbrook for sale for just under $1.9 million. (Cook County Assessor) Built in 2007, the house has four and a half bathrooms, walls of glass, high ceilings, a two-story foyer, wide-plank white oak floors and a floating glass staircase. More top business stories: sports Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III answers questions during a press conference after training camp at Halas Hall on Aug. 4, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Bears second-year receiver Luther Burden III injured his groin after getting tangled up with cornerback Tyrique Stevenson in a one-on-one drill Saturday. Both players landed hard on the ground. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters signs during a show at Soldier Field, Aug. 8, 2026, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Chicago Tribune) Foo Fighters guitarist and vocalist Dave Grohl loves rock ‘n’ roll and would do anything for it. He projected that passion Saturday at a sold-out Soldier Field, where he and his band surveyed 31 years of history in a protracted three-hour concert that came across as a full-circle retrospective. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, as part of President Donald Trump’s order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The continued deployment will be a major test for a new batch of political candidates expected to take office after the midterms this fall. More top stories from around the world: | 
