Autumn is in the cool air in The Week in Pictures gallery
Autumn is in the cool air in The Week in Pictures gallery
Kids and parents examine the inside of the Earth Dome, a gigantic inflatable earth balloon standing 19 feet high and 22 feet in diameter, Tuesday at Townline Elementary School in Vernon Hills.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Corbin Davis, 3, of Grayslake sits on a tractor during the Grant Township Fall Fest Sunday in Ingleside. The festival featured pony rides and petting zoo, games, township vehicles, pumpkin carving and more.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Longfellow Fourth grader Hana Lang, 9, works on scenery for a class play. Longfellow School, in Wheaton has been named a National Blue Ribbon School.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Drake Cochran, 1, hangs with his father Chris, both of Naperville during the Naperville police and fire public safety open house.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
An Elgin firefighter sprays a small bonfire as a cardboard "Pirate boat" is burned outside the Grand Victoria Casino Wednesday evening before the Chicago Cubs wildcard playoff game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Radio station WEBG and the casino planned to burn a 19 foot boat but were stopped by the Elgin fire department because it was fiberglass and would be toxic if burned.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
From left, Christy King, Maureen Loiacono, Tyler King, Fed Lieb and Vince Loiacono, all of Elk Grove Village cheer as they watch the Cubs Wildcard game against the Pittsburg Pirates at Coaches Corner Sport Bar in Elk Grove Village Wednesday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Eagle Scout Quinn Draz, of Naperville helps release bluegill at Herrick Lake. Draz raised $6,000 to honor former ecologist Don LaBrose. On Thursday, Draz and DuPage County Forest Preserve District ecologists stocked the lake in Wheaton with 3,000 hybrid bluegill.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Rebecca Mo and her Golden Retriever Rufio, of Chicago pose for a photo after participating in an All Breed Fun Walk at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village to benefit Good as Gold - Golden Retriever Rescue of Illinois.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Three- and four-year olds sprint toward the finish line of the Kid's Dash, Sunday in Lisle.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Tammara Mejia, duel language instructor, teaches her first grade class at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago. The school is a duel language school, which helps all students become fluent in both English and Spanish.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Arthur Novak, a volunteer club member, watches Ben Kaiser of the Norge Ski Club take off during the Norge Autumn Tournament & Music Fest at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove on Sunday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Interpreter Susan Wukitsch cuts up a Northern Spy apple for Alice Castro, 7, left, her sister Abigail, 5, of Chicago and Akina Yearman, 4, of Lombard during the Heirloom Apple Fest at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles on Sunday. Seven varieties of antique apples were available to taste as well as hot cider and apple crisp.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights has opened a 17-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit to help patients recovering from neurological and cardiac disorders, brain and spinal cord injuries and other conditions that require occupational, physical or speech therapy. Patient Care Technician Nicole Sorrentino wheels patient Lorraine Garcia, of Arlington Heights back to her room.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Fans reach out to touch the Stanley Cup during the red carpet ceremony prior to Wednesday's game with the New York Rangers at the United Center in Chicago.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
One-year-old Hugo Spears, of Mundelein feeds his mommy Emily a raspberry in Cook Park Thursday in Libertyville.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Jack Reina tosses a rock into Crone Lake at Crone Middle School in Naperville on Thursday. The sixth-grade students read the book "Touching the Spirit Bear", where the main character carries a rock to remind him of his troubles. All the students wrote their struggle on the rock before tossing them into the lake.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
From left, fifth grade teacher Gillian Wilson works with Myles James and Alex Bravo on their keyboarding skills. Emerson Elementary in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200, is one of only thirteen schools in Illinois to receive a 2015 Blue Ribbon School award.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Economist and author, Robert Genetski, offered his economic outlook during a breakfast program hosted by Cornerstone National Bank & Trust.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Brothers Jake, 21, and Shawn Jordan, 23, of Elgin wait outside the Grand Victoria Casino before a planned bourn of a "Pirate boat" Wednesday evening before the start of the Chicago Cubs wildcard playoff game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the efforts of radio station WEBG and the casino, The Elgin Fire Department would not allow the burning of the fiberglass boat. Instead, a cardboard boat and bales of straw were burned.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Gail Rosen, of Hoffman Estates talks with her daughter Lauren, 12, as she is fitted for a specially accommodated Tryke to help with her mobility by Physical Therapist Laura Newell, her brother Robert and Physical Therapist Christina Odeh.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A spider is hard at work building his web in an effort to gather substance along route 59 in Naperville in early September. I shot this with an 80-200mm Nikon F2.8 lens. It gave the subject some room so I did not disturb him during his harvest. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Naperville artist Paul Kuhn looks over a hanging and spinning tree ring, which was repurposed from a hollowed out dead tree harvested from his property. This wide angle photo was shot with a Canon EOS 7D camera and framed through one of the hanging rings to give a more three-dimensional look. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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