PHOTOS: The Week in Pictures photo gallery
Daily Herald photographers bring you the best photo moments from the suburbs in the first half of September, 2026.
A worker from Quality Saw and Seal, Bridgeview, cuts into the surface of Buffalo Grove Road at Deerfield Parkway on a 95-degree afternoon in Buffalo Grove on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Gerardo Bernard, of Mexico City, Mexico directs the contestants around the ring during the Great American Dog Show Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Cristobal Cavazos, of Immigrant Solidary DuPage, poses for a photo Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026 in Carol Stream. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Ketan Hattalli plays a large drum while performing with the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS) during the Buffalo Grove Days parade Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 in Buffalo Grove. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Riding for Team Retro BMX, Tony Abaso of West Chicago, grabs some high-fives as he passes the crowd during the Buffalo Grove Days parade Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 in Buffalo Grove. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Ron Onesti poses in his Arcada Theater in St. Charles Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Mike Albiniak licks the hot sauce off his fingers as he eats ribs at the Naperville Jaycees’ 61st Annual Last Fling festival in downtown Naperville Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. He is a history teacher at Naperville Central High School. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
The Schaumburg High School marching band drum section performs during the Schaumburg Septemberfest Labor Day Parade in Schaumburg Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
The Rhythm of Anatolia Turkish folk dance group performs during the Schaumburg Septemberfest Labor Day Parade in Schaumburg Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Injured wide receiver John Tweed, upper left, holds the remote as he operates the drone over Geneva High School football practice in Geneva Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
"Angel Mom" Jennifer Bos, whose daughter, Megan Elizabeth Eda Bos, was killed allegedly by an undocumented immigrant in Lake County, talks about the case during an interview at her home in Antioch on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Jennifer has since become an outspoken advocate for immigration enforcement, including testifying before the U.S. Senate. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Firefighter/Paramedic Maxx Romberger, who has an American Flag tatoo on his forearm, hustles to get his gear as a call comes in to the Wauconda Fire Department Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
John Walters teaches Advanced Strength Training class at Glenbard East High School in Lombard on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. He also teaches Driver's Education and is the Rams' head varsity football coach. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Adam Schlick, left, Division Chief/Training, and Mike DaValle, Division Chief/Fire Marshal, pose in the Wauconda Fire Department truck bay in Wauconda Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
United Airline employee Pattie Ziarkowski reacts as the names of United employees lost on Sept. 11, 2001, are read during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 in Arlington Heights. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
St. Charles hobbyist baker Elizabeth Suwanski will appear on Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Elgin Police Officer Lisandro Ramirez holds the American flag during Elgin’s 25th anniversary Patriot Day remembrance ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Jacob York, of West Chicago gets a hug from his mom, Lindsay, prior to the start of a Charlie Kirk Vigil and Remembrance at Lakewood Chapel in Arlington Heights on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. York was the first of a series of speakers at the event. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Linda Peskuski, of Mundelein hoists her beer as she sings Edelweiss during Platzkonzert Germanfest Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 at the Virginia Mary Hayter Village Green in Hoffman Estates. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Erik Neidy, Director of Natural Resources for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County talks Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 about the removal of thorium-contaminated silt from the West Branch of the DuPage River in the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve in Warrenville. The project was on the EPA's Superfund priority list, but was recently removed. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)