2023 Daily Herald Photos of the Year
Posted December 27, 2023 12:50 pm
See the best suburban news photos of 2023 from the photojournalists of the Daily Herald.
Retired Palatine firefighter/paramedic Mark Hallett gets emotional during the lowering of the American Flag to half staff during Monday's Patriot Day Remembrance ceremony Monday at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial. Hallett served from 1981-2011 and was the main speaker at the ceremony. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
The demolition of the Arlington Park grandstands as seen on Thursday, Sept. 07, 2023. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
Joie Romelus is greeted by her parents, Ruby, left, and Judith after arriving home from college in Pennsylvania at O’Hare Airport in Chicago Wednesday. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
St. Charles North High School students protest outside as the District 303 school board meeting is being set up at Haines School in St. Charles on Monday, April 17, 2023. They were protesting the involuntary reassignment of several teachers. (John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com)
A colorful tree seen through a rain drop laden car windshield Friday October 27, 2023 in Glendale Heights. Despite a year of extreme dry and wet weather, arborists say Illinois trees still have a shot at a vibrant autumn transition. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Attendees honor the playing of taps during the first stop of Naperville’s Memorial Day observances at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial Monday. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Aurora artist Luke Salvesen takes the werewolf art piece head from his truck before installing it on the body Wednesday afternoon at Naper Settlement in Naperville. He and fellow artist Paul Kuhn worked on the piece for a month. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
Anderson Humane in South Elgin has a new program called Doggie Day Out that enables people to sign up as temporary fosters and take a shelter dog out for a day. Erin Linton, who works at the shelter, picked up Willie just to get him out of the chaos of the shelter for the day and was rewarded with a sloppy kiss. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Alicen and Vincent Baran of Buffalo Grove have their hands full with their pet pig, Norbert, Oliver their dog and Moo the bunny. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
An inflatable Halloween dinosaur battles heavy gusting winds and snow flurries Tuesday October 31, 2023 in St. Charles. Snow flurries and wind chills were the tricks Mother Nature had in store for most of the suburbs on Halloween. Temperatures in the 30s and the wind made it feel like it's in the upper teens. Wind gusts reached up to 35 mph in some places. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
A squirrel grabs a bite to eat from a discarded Dunkin' Donuts bag Thursday September 28, 2023 in Palatine. The small or medium-size rodents are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, and were introduced by humans to Australia. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Brian Hill
Elgin Police Department Sgt. Jim Lalley plays Amazing Grace during the city’s annual Patriot Day remembrance ceremony Monday at the Hemmens Cultural Center. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Max Thillems, 18, raises his arms in victory after winning a turkey leg speed-eating contest at Taste of Park Ridge Friday. He took down the two-pound leg in two minutes and 21 seconds. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Malachi Stringer, 5, of Champaign is encased in a bubble during Unplug and Play Day at South Ridge Park in Hoffman Estates Saturday. He is visiting his godmother, who lives in Schaumburg, for the summer. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
Yana Zablotska of Elgin hugs labor and delivery nurse Victoria Bohlin as they were reunited Tuesday at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Bohlin helped saved Zablotska’s life when she experienced an amniotic fluid embolism, a rare condition that affects only about 1 in 40,000 women during delivery. Zablotska’s heart stopped beating and Bohlin jumped on her and started CPR as the code team responded. Zablotska’s baby was delivered delivered shortly after and is completely healthy. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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90-year-old Lavon Bayler of Elgin just finished her 10,000th mile of swimming in the Taylor YMCA pool. Wednesday. She started there in 1978 and has been swimming five days a week most weeks since. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Debbie Tumbarello and her cat Yoyo Thursday August 17, 2023 at her home in Inverness. Tumbarello has suffered from long COVID since she caught the virus earlier this year. Debbie says that her cat helps her relieve stress, and any tensions she continues to have from long COVID when he cuddles with her. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Renae Rinne of Elgin listens as the roll call of the deceased from local veteran organizations is read during Elgin’s Memorial Day observance Monday. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Flanked by his parents Carmine, and Toni, Three-year-old Joey Burdi who is battling cancer watches a car parade in his honor Wednesday March 15, 2023 in Bloomingdale. In May of 2021, Joey was diagnosed with Malignant Ectomesenchymoma, an extraordinarily rare and aggressive form of cancer affecting only about a dozen Americans. Joey has undergone two separate rounds of chemotherapy, totaling 47 weeks of treatment to this point. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Seven-year breast cancer survivor Patricia Robinson, left, currently homeless, high fives Patricia Thies of Vernon Hills who is battling stage four breast cancer during the annual St. Baldrick's head shaving event ROCK THE BALD! Saturday March 25, 2023 at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills. Participants raised money for childhood cancer research. Stylist is Marissa Sneider of Mario Tricoci. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Mark Kellner of Marengo has been rebuilding a B17 in his barn for over 30 years. He bought the bones of it for the price of scrap metal in 1984 in Maine. He hopes to have it up in the air sometime in the next 5 years. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Snow is cleared from lines on the field after play was stopped during the Class 3A boys soccer supersectional match between Elgin at Barrington Tuesday. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
Mayra Pasillas comforts her ten-year-old daughter Kimberly Alvarez who was surprised Tuesday July 25, 2023 with a Havanese-poodle mix puppy at her home in Addison from Windy City Acres in downstate Atwood. Kimberly suffers from a variety of physical ailments and her family recently went through the tragic loss of their dog. Justin Alvarez, 6, is also shown in photo at right. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Tammie Byrd of Glendale Heights places a yellow rose at the base of the Gold Star Memorial at Veterans Park in Naperville Saturday. Her brother, Staff Sgt. Mario J. Bievre of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Rangers, was killed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. "it's been 17 years, and it seems like yesterday," Byrd said. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
Angelo Capritta turns 100 on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The Schaumburg man is a Battle of the Bulge World War II veteran. He taught himself to play piano when he was 95. He plays in his home on March 31, 2023. (John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com)
Hazel Long, 3, of Grayslake is enjoying the Grayslake Park District Easter egg hunt, held at the Grayslake Central High School fieldhouse Saturday. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
Andersone Humane’s Alex Schwander holds open the cage door as they release a Great Horned Owl back in to the wild Friday at Campton Forest Preserve after a rehab stint at their Elburn wildlife center. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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Seven-year-old Levi Marhoefer of Mundelein rides one of the new and improved carousel horses Friday June 2, 2023 at at Lamb's Farm Farmyard in Green Oaks. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Kensi, on three Grayslake North High School therapy dogs, waits with the class of 2023 for graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com)
Enriquetta Madden of Schaumburg holds her candle as a nine-foot menorah is lit during the Chabad Jewish Center of Elgin’s Chanukah party at the Centre of Elgin Thursday. (Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com)
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A passenger jet from O’Hare International airport passes in front of the blue supermoon on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
The Northern Lights made an appearance Sunday night, April 23 over northern Illinois. Colors of green and magenta were prominent among wavy lines over Crystal Lake. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
Santa arrives to the joy of children and all at the tree-lighting ceremony Saturday November 25, 2023 at Festival Park in Elgin. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
The Super Blue full moon makes an appearance over the St. Charles North High School scoreboard as the North Stars boys soccer team takes on West Chicago in St. Charles on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com)
Kelly McNichols of Mount Prospect takes a photo of her daughter Grace, 3, far left, her niece Scarlett Bailey and nephew Vince Bailey both of Glen Ellyn as they slipped their heads through a giant ketchup and mustard cutout while the iconic Oscar Meyer ‘Frankmobile’ visited Caputo’s Fresh Market Tuesday September 5, 2023 in Mount Prospect. The Oscar Mayer "Frankmobile," formerly known as the "Wienermobile," pulled up on the brick pavers outside the village's new downtown grocery store at 215 E. Prospect Ave for all to enjoy. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Brian Hill
Left to right, Harley Donaldson, 6, Gabby Black, 5, and Everly Donaldson, 8, fish together during the annual Family Fishing Derby, hosted by the Bartlett Police Department, held at Beaver Pond in Bartlett Saturday. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
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