LOOK: The Week in Pictures photo gallery
Daily Herald photographers worked through the heat to bring your the best moments from the last two weeks in the Chicago suburbs.
The drop slides are popular with the kids at the Wheeling Park District's Family Aquatic Center.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Lewis Wilkins, of Elgin leads a chant during the “Good Trouble Lives On” protest in Elgin.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Lou Perry, a 96-year-old resident at The Vines Senior Homes, has contributed seven photos to a new book celebrating the 70th anniversary of Disneyland.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Amazon employees, and staff and volunteers from Elgin Community College pose for photos after Amazon donated and delivered more than 1,200 backpacks Wednesday to support Project Backpack, Elgin Community College’s annual initiative providing free school supplies to local students in need.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Retired Buffalo Grove police officer Danielle Baron and retired K-9 partner Hogyn, an 11-year-old German Shepherd at TOPS Kennel Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Grayslake. The pair benefit from MARK-9, a suburban nonprofit that assists retired police dogs and their owners.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Umbrella Sky Elmhurst is back for its second session of 2025 in downtown Elmhurst. It includes three installations, headlined by the Schiller Court umbrellas.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Demolition continues near the last remaining entrance on the east side of the former Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Marine Corps League Detachment 801 of Lake County and Antioch American Legion Post 748 deliver a three volley salute during a ceremony for The Wall That Heals Thursday, July 17, 2025 at Osmond Sports Park in Antioch.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Vietnam Veteran Matt Weglarz and his wife Jackie, both of Bristol Wisconsin pause as they find a name they were looking for on The Wall That Heals Thursday, July 17, 2025 at Osmond Sports Park in Antioch.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A Vietnam Veteran looks for a name on The Wall That Heals Thursday, July 17, 2025 at Osmond Sports Park in Antioch.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Janet and John Vercelli of Elgin said the “Good Trouble Lives On” protest in Elgin Thursday was the 12th protest they’ve joined in the past few months. .
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Brent Wilson, racer of the Men’s Category 3 race, takes a sharp turn around the race track at the West Dundee River Chicago Grit Race on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
Racers cross the starting line to begin the Men’s Category 3 bike race, at the West Dundee River Chicago Grit Race on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
Racers in the Men’s Category 3 race accellerate at the Chicago Grit Racing Series bicycle races in West Dundee on Friday, July 18, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Racers wait to go onto the street to begin the Men’s Category 3 bike race at the West Dundee River Chicago Grit Race on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
One child had earlier said this Bit Droid from Star Wars fame looked like a Roomba vacuum cleaner. For Cynthia Liu, 3, of Arlington Heights, this robot is basically a delightful roving toy to see at FanCon on July 27, 2025 at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington Heights.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald
This library second floor elevator might not look like sleek sliding doors seen in Star Wars movie fandom but this Jawa needs a lift at FanCon on July 27, 2025 at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington Heights.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald
Homeowners on North Grand Avenue along Bluff Lake want to voluntarily annex to Antioch.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Horses are seen from a drone’s view as they wander through a pasture, lazily grazing in the summer sun at the Danada Equestrian Center, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Tuesday, June 17, 2025 in Wheaton. The equestrian center and most of the surrounding Danada Forest Preserve were part of the Dan and Ada L. Rice estate. The Rices purchased the land in 1928, when it was a working farm.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Mayor Craig B. Johnson faces off his opponent at the Elk Grove Village Rotary Fest's wrestling match on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
Cary Mayor Mark Kownick Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Cary. There is a provision in transit reform legislation that would give the new RTA board power over land within a half mile of train stations.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Former mixed martial arts fighter, Marciea Allen, left, and her wife/business partner, Brittany Welk-Allen pictured Tuesday, July 15, 2025 in Geneva are opening Lady Strong Fitness a gym geared toward women. 1575 S. Randall Road, Geneva is their second location, and their "soft" opening is slated for July 24-26.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Evelyn Hornacek, 3, of Lake Zurich, watches and waits for candy to be thrown during the 2025 Lions Club Alpine Fest Parade on Sunday, July 20, 2025 in downtown Lake Zurich. This year featured a new parade route starting at Seth Paine Elementary and then proceding south on Lions Drive and ending in Downtown Lake Zurich. The parade was on the final day of the three day event.
Ryan Rayburn / for the Daily Herald
Parade participant Stephanie Jacklow hands out candy during the 2025 Lions Club Alpine Fest Parade on Sunday, July 20, 2025 in downtown Lake Zurich. This year featured a new parade route starting at Seth Paine Elementary and then proceding south on Lions Drive and ending in Downtown Lake Zurich. The parade was on the final day of the three day event.
Ryan Rayburn / for the Daily Herald
Abel Black, of Kansas pedals down the stretch in the Men’s Category 3 race at the fourth stop of the Chicago Grit Racing Series bicycle races in Mundelein on Monday, July 21, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Kima Rivera, of Des Plaines, has a laugh with fellow Category 3 racer Conor Furlong, of Clarendon Hills, as they stage at the starting line at the fourth stop of the Chicago Grit Racing Series bicycle races in Mundelein on Monday, July 21, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Corn growth is coming along nicely along Valley View Road just north of Cary on Tuesday. Climate experts say that humidity increases due to corn sweat this time of year.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Diego Ayala, 5, of Elgin, lets out a laugh as he cools off in the splash park Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Festival Park in Elgin.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A 4-H steer peers out from a pen at the opening day of the Lake County Fair in Grayslake on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
All of the structures have been demolished at the former Sears complex in Hoffman Estates on Monday, July 23, 2025.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Kenny Fellows, 5, of Elmhurst steers a John Deer tractor with help from Lake County Farm Heritage administrators at the opening day of the Lake County Fair in Grayslake on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Clayton Olson, of Burlington leans on a glass case of turtles at the opening day of the Lake County Fair in Grayslake on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. He won the Grand Champion trophy in the foreground for Beginner Showmanship in a goats category earlier in the day. He was accepting donations for the care of the turtles but “All I have is two rocks in there,” he said of the red cup.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
WDCB Station manager Daniel Bindert, works on a project Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. WDCB is one of the public radio stations nationwide that will no longer get a federal grant, now that the President and Congress have defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It usually gets about $140,000 a year from CPB.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Dots Invasion is one of three public art installations as part of Umbrella Sky Elmhurst 2025. It’s located at the North York Stage at 254 N. York Street.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi shakes Sgt. First Class Joseph Leuz's hand, after awarding him the Purple Heart Award, for his injuries received during the Vietnam War, on Friday, July 25, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún.soyarzun@dailyherald.com
Riders take off at the start of the Women’s Cat 2/3 race during the Elgin Classic in Memory of Dennis Jurs Friday. Over 500 riders in total participated.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Tony Esposito, left, of Chicago and his daughter Emma, 11, along with fellow 4-H member Gavin Goenier, 12, work on a puzzle in the fowl barn at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton on Friday, July 25, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A lumberjack from the Timber Works show races to reach the American flag during a log climbing contest at the Lake County Fair on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
A boy scampers past sunflowers at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton on Friday, July 25, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Selena Lobo, 2, from Waukegan, feeds a goat at the petting zoo area of the Lake County Fair on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzun@dailyherald.com
The 501st Legion Midwest Garrison costumers greeted fans including the Englander family of Buffalo Grove. Parents Elliott and Sandy Englander pose with their children George, 4, Lizzie, 2 and Henry, 8 months, at FanCon on July 27, 2025 at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington Heights.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald
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