The Week in Pictures photo gallery for Feb. 12-25, 2024.
Daily Herald photographers bring you the best images of the last two weeks from suburban Chicago.
Amy Driscoll, left, and Ashely Magnine react as they jump into a frigid pool during the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in Fox Lake Sunday. Both of them, plus the two M & M’s behind them, work for the Village of Fox Lake. Participants jumped into the pool instead of Nippersink Lake because of construction to Lakefront Park.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Judge Darrell Newkirk looks over one of the entrants during the Lincoln State Cat Club 62nd annual benefit show Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Desiree Bobby lets out a giggle as guests pet “X” a Sphynx hairless cat at the Lincoln State Cat Club 62nd annual benefit show Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton. The Sphynx cat, also known as the Canadian Sphynx, is a breed of cat known for its lack of fur.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Three hockey players skate on a rink in Frontier Park in Arlington Heights on a cold and snowy night with temperatures hovering around 0 degrees. The colorful ice and snow is a reflection of overhead lights that are not daylight balanced.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Jack Coulomb, of Elburn works on his skateboarding jumps at the skate park at Mount Saint Mary park in St. Charles on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Unseasonably warm temperatures climbing into the 60s made it a perfect February day to get outside in short sleeved shirts.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
The Palatine Fire Honor Guard march south on N. Brockway St. after stepping off from Station 85. The Palatine Fire Department hosted its annual ceremony Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in Palatine honoring the sacrifice of three volunteer firefighters killed in the line of duty on Feb. 23, 1973. The ceremony marks the 51st anniversary of the day volunteer firefighters John Wilson, Richard Freeman, and Warren Ahlgrim lost their lives battling a blaze in the Ben Franklin store in downtown Palatine.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Palatine firefighter and paramedic Kohlman Steuber, pauses for reflection during the annual ceremony Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 honoring the sacrifice of three volunteer firefighters killed in the line of duty on Feb. 23, 1973. The ceremony marks the 51st anniversary of the day volunteer firefighters John Wilson, Richard Freeman, and Warren Ahlgrim lost their lives battling a blaze in the Ben Franklin store in downtown Palatine.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Barb Weber, founder and VP of Barb's Precious Rescue and Adoption Center in Palatine, is celebrating the 10th anniversary at its 313 N. Quentin Road location.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Elgin Academy kindergartners blow out some 185 candles as the school celebrates their 185th birthday with an all-school gathering in the gymnasium Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Elgin. The school is shutting down for good at the end of the year.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Elgin Academy trustee Laura Anderson, left, and Elgin History Museum director Liz Marston check out a banner that will be hung in a new exhibit that will honor the school that will close after this year, its 185th. The school donated the "Old Main" building that houses the museum to the city in 1976.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Looking southeast, lights brighten Milwaukee Ave. in downtown Libertyville after dark on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Julia Hsia looks over negatives of her Arizona trip Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at her house in St. Charles. Hsia lost her wallet on that trip when it fell in a river in 1995; recently it was found and she'll be reunited with the long-lost wallet.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Julia Hsia's 1995 wallet rescued from the Salt River, Ariz., this summer after 29 years.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Jeremy Bingham
Julia Hsia looks over negatives of her Arizona trip Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at her house in St. Charles. Hsia lost her wallet on that trip when it fell in a river in 1995; recently it was found and she'll be reunited with the long-lost wallet.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Samuel Baron, right shoots as he and Bryce Moritz, both of Arlington Heights, play basketball at Volz Park Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Automotive Technology students Felipe Garcia, of Zion, and Brendan Grubb of Wauconda, right, inspect an electric car at the College of Lake County Grayslake campus.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Esteban Aguado, owner of Mia's Cantina Mexican Grill and Tequila Bar, explains how a portion of the colorful wall open into the bar area once the expansion is complete on his Prospect Avenue restaurant in Mount Prospect.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Students from St. Theresa School in Palatine pray before burning palm leaves on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 in preparation for Ash Wednesday services.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Chocolate-covered pretzels decorated for Valentine’s Day line a tray at Morkes Chocolates on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Palatine.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Postman Dan Larsen holds Frannie a chihuahua he greets every day on his postal route in Hoffman Estates.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Sunlight bathes two men as they pray with their congregation during the Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Daniel Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 in Wheaton. Ash Wednesday signifies the beginning of the season of Lent for Catholics.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Joshua Beyer stops to look at a photo of his late brother Russell Beyer as his parents Ted and Joyce Beyer walk away after a candlelight vigil Thursday to mark the 5th anninversary of the Henry Pratt Co. mass shooting in Aurora. Russell was one of five people killed.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross holds the hand of Emily Pinkard, whose father Josh was killed in a mass shooting five years ago, after a candlelight vigil Thursday to mark the anninversary of the Henry Pratt Co. mass shooting in Aurora.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Axel Parks looks at his mother Abby as she touches a granite bench inscribed with the boy’s father’s name at a candlelight vigil Thursday to mark the 5th anninversary of the Henry Pratt Co. mass shooting in Aurora. Axel was 10 months old when his father Clayton was killed, along with four others, in the shooting. The bench will be installed outside the Aurora Police Department.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
The Aurora Police Honor Guard march past a bench that was yet to be unveiled at a candlelight vigil Thursday to mark the 5th anninversary of the Henry Pratt Co. mass shooting in Aurora.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
The Salvation Army Elgin Corps thanked those who helped with their Christmas campaign during a partner recognition breakfast Thursday in Elgin.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Warren Nead, 14, of Des Moines, Iowa competes in the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby racing event at the former Sam’s Club on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 in Batavia.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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