CHICAGO, Ill. (KY3) – Pop superstar and Willard, Mo., native Chappell Roan took the first day of Lollapalooza in Chicago by storm.

The four-day music festival kicked off Thursday, and according to the schedule, Roan started her set at 5 p.m. on the T-Mobile stage, one of the two main stages that bookend the festival grounds.

Rolling Stone magazine says the performance was more like a headline set without actually headlining. The magazine also states festival organizers switched Roan’s original performance time on a smaller stage across the field with another pop star, Kesha.

The festival took to social media showing the expansive crowd showing their support for Roan.

Roan has had quite the summer with two songs, “Good Luck, Babe!” and “Hot To Go.”

Her latest single, “Good Luck Babe,” reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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ARNOLD, Mo. — A Missouri police dog died when the air conditioner failed in the patrol vehicle he had been left in, police said.

Vader, a 4-year-old K-9 for the Arnold Police Department in suburban St. Louis, died Wednesday. Temperatures this week have been in the 90s, with high humidity.

A Facebook posting from Arnold police said Vader’s handler left the dog in the running, air-conditioned vehicle while the officer tended to other duties, a practice that police said “is necessary and common practice when the K-9 partner is not actively engaged in police work.”

But when the handler returned to the vehicle, it was discovered that the air conditioning system malfunctioned, police said. The dog was taken to a veterinarian clinic and initially showed signs of improvement but later died.

Police said the department’s vehicles for use with police dogs include a system that notifies the handler by phone, activates a cooling fan, even rolls down the windows if the temperature reaches a certain level. “In this instance, the heat alarm system failed to activate,” police said.

It was the second hot-car death involving a Missouri police dog this year. In June, a dog named Horus died in a hot car in Savannah, Missouri.

Six weeks after the death of a police dog in a hot car in Savannah, Missouri, another Missouri K-9 was declared dead Wednesday after authorities say the air conditioner quit working in his handler’s patrol car.

The police department in Arnold, Missouri announced the death of Vader, a 4-year-old police dog, Thursday. According to social media posts from the department, Vader’s handler left the dog in his patrol vehicle while on a call Wednesday.

“When Vader’s police handler returned to the vehicle, it was discovered that the air-conditioning system malfunctioned,” the Arnold Police Department wrote in a statement shared Thursday.

Vader was sent to a local veterinary clinic, where he was diagnosed with heat exhaustion and kept overnight. After briefly showing signs of improvement, the dog was sent to a 24-hour animal care clinic, where he died, the department wrote.

The department said leaving dogs in patrol vehicles as “a necessary and common practice when the K-9 partner is not actively engaged in police work.”

Arnold police cars are supposed to be equipped with a warning system that alerts K-9 handlers’ phones and lowers the windows when temperatures inside patrol cars reach a certain heat, according to the department. The warning system is also supposed to sound the car horn and activate cooling fans.

Officers said the warning system malfunctioned along with the air conditioning.

The Arnold Police Department has launched an investigation into Vader’s death. Meanwhile, Arnold residents have taken to social media to share condolences and outrage.

Earlier this summer, Horus, a 5-year-old German Shepherd, died on an overnight patrol shift in Savannah. The Savannah police K-9 was locked in his partner’s hot car overnight in what has since been ruled an accident.

According to Kansas City nonprofit K9s of Valor, 23 K-9 dogs died while on duty in 2023. Four dogs died of heatstroke, while two died of unspecified “duty-related illness.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.