Images from a hot day in the suburbs

Replacing the skylights on the roof of a home in Bartlett, Salvador Hernandes of St. Charles uses his extra large shirt to shield himself from the sun as he uses a pitchfork to lift up the shingles. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

With a dew rag on his head and a bottle of water in his hand, Schaumburg's Edward Glennon Sr. is half way into his 5 miles of walking in the afternoon heat along Golf Rd on Thursday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer