Images: Our photographers found people in lakes and on golf courses as if it were summer
Mundelein High School's Karl Kirkpatrick wails his solo as the Jazz Ensemble rocks the 32nd annual Jazz in the Meadows Jazz Festival at the Rolling Meadows High School on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Fourth grader Jack Jerome, left, shows other students and families how his Echolocation project works under the display table at the Elgin Area School District U-46 students STEM Expo at South Elgin High School Saturday morning. He built a car that sends high frequency noise signals and reads the rebound effect of the noise so it won't crash. "It can keep you safe and tell you that something has stopped in front of you," he explained. He is a student at Sycamore Trails Elementary Schoo in Bartlettl.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Lydia Copeland, 1, from Warrenville crawls through a tunnel during the Family Day of Play, Saturday, at Hubble Middle School in Warrenville.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Naperville North High School's Kyra McKeska plays as part of the Jazz Ensemble rocking the house at the 32nd annual Jazz in the Meadows Jazz Festival at the Rolling Meadows High School on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Jace Stennett, 7, of Buffalo Grove makes a healthy "sandwich" during the Family Day of Play, Saturday at Hubble Middle School in Warrenville.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Fashion models Christine Maxwell, of South Barrington, left, and Katie Hajost of Palatine, talk before the Gold Medal Fashion Show on Sunday at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows. The show was sponsored by the Special Leisure Services Foundation to raise money for the Northwest Special Recreation Association to help children and adults with disabilities.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Lindsey Petlak, left, and Anna Marie Clark, of the Mundelein Frozen P.D. run during the Fox Lake Polar Plunge on Sunday at Lakefront Park. More than 300 people took the plunge in the Law Enforcement Torch Run event to support Special Olympic athletes.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A man retrieves the back door of his truck that fell off on Higgins Rd. in Elk Grove Village.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Kevin Margeson, of Gurnee watches Bob Lindstrom of Lindenhurst, putt on the 18th hole Monday at the Village Green Golf Course in Mundelein. Golfers enjoyed another day of warm weather in the suburbs."It's beautiful! There are many people out here and no one out here pushing us. It's nice weather when you play golf," said Bob Windstorm of Lindenhurst after putting on the 18th hole with his partner Kevin Margeson of Gurnee.According to operations manager Chris Adams, the Village Green has been extremely busy for the last couple of weeks because of the warm temperatures and the golf course will be open as long as the weather holds.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
While shooting a story on the seed sorting facility at Rollins Savannah in Grayslake I wanted to show a detail of the tiny seeds they were gathering. By framing the fingers holding the seeds in front of a black background and shooting with a longer lens at a smaller aperture, it made the seeds pop out. The background here was simply a black t-shirt of a person in the distance.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Clean up crews work in the rain on Van Buren St. at 2nd Ave. in Ottawa following a reported tornado Tuesday evening.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Lighting streaks across the sky over the East Side Sports complex and the Legacy Business Center in St. Charles Tuesday evening.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
"It's beautiful today," is how Steve Lenchner of Palatine describes his short pants working conditions as he rigs a coupe at The Haven Motel in Palatine with lights, enjoying the near sixty degree weather. Storms are expected later in the afternoon with a chance of some turning severe.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The stone walls of the water filled Elmhurst Chicago Stone Company quarry shines in the morning sun as clouds move in over Elmhurst.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Manager Nancy Mathias, left, boxes up paczki for Sharon Brock of Vernon Hills on Paczki Day at Lovin Oven Cakery in Libertyville on Tuesday. More than 9,000 paczki are sold at the store on Fat Tuesday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Transfiguration School kindergartner Tristan Steckler goes back to his seat after receiving ashes from Rev. Juan Pablo Avila Ibarra during Ash Wednesday service at Transfiguration Church in Wauconda. Almost 200 students participated in the Ash Wednesday service that marks the first day of the 40 days of Lent.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A Naplate resident sifts through destroyed items in her home after tornadoes touched down.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Valerie McAvoy hugs her daughter Jayda Weathersby, 9, at 19th and Center Street in downtown Naplate, hard hit by a tornadoes which also touched down in Ottawa and other areas of LaSalle County.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Naplate residents begin digging out following a tornado which devastated much of the town.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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