Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Lily Phipson, 3, of Palatine looks at a giant present at the Palatine tree lighting in Towne Square.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
West Chicago resident Josh Kerber, 21, right, get a welcome home hug from his aunt Kerry Blackburn, left, Sunday as he return home at West Chicago American Legion Post 300 in West Chicago.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
City of Batavia employee Kurt Hall and a crew put up Christmas lights Tuesday on the mayor's tree in preparation for the annual lighting ceremony. Hall has worked for the city for about 10 years and said this is the 5th or 6th time he's helped put the lights up on the tree.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Judge T. Clint Hull bumps a balloon with his head while dressed in jammies and fuzzy slippers Wednesday evening at the Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center in St. Charles.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
David Leslie of Grayslake holds his daughter, Iva, 8, as they clap during the St. Joseph School Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony Sunday at St. Joseph Church in Libertyville. Also with them are Luke, 10, Lucia, 11, and their mother, Brigita Leslie.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Nick Tomassetti, 14 bowls a frozen turkey into cigarette bowling pins in the Libertyville High School cafeteria as student participated in the Great American Smokeout Thursday. The students paid a $1 donation to bowl.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Pallbearers place the casket of John W. Keyes III in the hearse at St. James AME Church in Elgin Monday. The 17-year-old was murdered last week by a woman who intentionally drove her car into him.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Ten-month-old Jessica Wilkins of Wheeling has mixed emotions as she greets Santa Claus for the first time during the Wheeling holiday tree lighting ceremony Sunday inside the new Wheeling Village Hall.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Schaumburg native, Pat Lee, left of the Chicago Blaze battles for the puck during a game against the Battle Creek Revolution at the West Meadows Ice Arena in Rolling Meadows.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Twilight star Ashley Greene, left, chats with Andrea Anderson while making an appearance at Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville Saturday. Well over 500 fans waited hours to get a glimpse of her.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Racing legend Mario Andretti obliges the request of Carpentersville police officer Angel Figueroa by signing the back of his ticket book Friday.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Grayslake resident Fran Winkler puts beads on her ornament during an early step of the project Tuesday. The Grayslake Area Public Library held a Holiday Ornaments event where attendees made an ornament to take home.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Music director Sue Noren helped students, staff and parents put on a Thanksgiving feast at Erickson Elementary School in Bloomingdale.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
Tacuma Evans makes a face at friend Tommy Lis but seemingly can't break his concentration during a Thanksgiving performance for parents by first-graders at Fox Meadow Elementary in South Elgin Tuesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Fireworks light sky at the Hoffman Estates tree lighting at village hall.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Al Wudi of Elgin makes his way across the Chicago Avenue bridge in downtown Elgin Thursday as dark skies and rain blanket the Fox Valley. His colorful umbrella was one of the few hints of color in an otherwise gray day.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Brian Baumgartner, 11, takes aim from long distance as he competes with his dad John in the Geneva Park District Turkey Shoot Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Stephen D. Persinger Recreation Center.
John Starks | Staff Photographer