Images from Tuesday's snowstorm
Traffic on southbound Arlington Heights Road at Central Road inches along during the evening rush Tuesday. What would normally be a five minute trip on Arlington Heights Road from Central to I-90 took more than an hour.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
An IDOT snow plow clears Butterfield Road in Wheaton as the snow begins to build during rush hour on Tuesday.
Ed Lee | Staff Photographer
Christmas tree salesman Eric Hanson said that during the height of Tuesday's snow he had to shake the trees every half hour at Highground Tree Farm on Golf Road in Mount Prospect.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Cars creep down Kirk Road in Batavia during rush hour Tuesday night.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Neighbors clear their driveways on Alfred Avenue near Meyer Street in Elgin Tuesday evening.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
A man navigates a slippery sidewalk as traffic backs up on Route 72 in downtown West Dundee on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Tina Venable of Elgin and her daughter Olivia, 5, hustle down Route 72 in West Dundee in Tuesday evening's rush-hour snow. The two were waiting through a severe weather-induced traffic delay when Tina was forced to pull out of traffic to give Olivia a much needed restroom break at Emmett's Tavern and Brewing Company.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
Lenae Bush, 9, of Naperville shovels her driveway on Willard Ct. on Tuesday.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
A shopper keeps her head down as she walks through the slush at Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Barton Ryder hurries along the slippery sidewalk en route to a math final at the College of Lake County in Grayslake on Tuesday.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Police and fire officials survey the scene of a two-car accident in Elk Grove Village as one car crashed into the statue of the elk in front of Village Hall on Tuesday. Two people were taken to the hospital.
courtesy of Gary Berthold
A motorist clears the windshield of a vehicle parked on Alfred Avenue in Elgin late Tuesday evening.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
Lea Schrittenlocher, 5, zips down her driveway on Crossing Lane in Naperville as her mother, Ulla, removes snow on Tuesday.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Derek Skinner, 14, of Batavia shovels the walk in front of his family's home on Tuesday evening.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Tuesday's storm struck during afternoon rush-hour along Golf Road between Des Plaines and Glenview.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Starbucks employee Dennis Ostapczuk shovels the sidewalk in front of the store where he works in Geneva on Tuesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
A van decorated with Christmas lights is parked near Central Street in Glenview on Tuesday.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Sledders wait to go down the hill at the Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Tim Enery of Chicago, left, plays paddle tennis on a heated platform at the North Shore Country Club in Glenview. The paddle court heaters are used only long enough to assure safe footing and not to warm the players. Enery said club members play seven nights a week no matter the weather.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
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