Look: The Week in Pictures photo gallery
Daily Herald photographers bring you moments from the last two weeks of September.
WNBA Washington Mystics player and 2020 Maine West High School graduate Angela Dugalic enters a pep rally at Maine West High School Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 in Des Plaines. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
NSMJAWA Executive Director Ramesh Kanapareddy stands in a 90” water main pipe on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Those size of pipes are to move water from the transfer station near O'Hare International Airport on W. Bryn Mawr Avenue to multiple communities. One of the two 10-million gallon water tanks is on the left. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)
Volunteer Gabrielle Charbonneau helps sort some of the 55,000 Hunger Relief Bags during "Stuff-a-Palooza 2026" Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 in Gurnee. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
State Senator Darby Hills (R-26) mingles before the Barrington Area Chamber legislative breakfast at the Barrington Park District Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026 in Barrington. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Prospect High School Principal Greg Minter talks about the school’s boilers, which he said date to 1957 and are inefficient, in Mount Prospect on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Volunteer Estell Hughes of Rapid City, SD., sits on a swing at the playground while waiting for more people to arrive on a rainy afternoon during West Suburban Irish’s sixth annual Irish Fest at Central Park in Naperville on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Matt Austermuehle, left, of Arlington Heights and Eric Baden of Palatine are regulars for Bears Sundays at Jimmy D's District in Arlington Heights Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. They have seats reserved in the same spot each week as well as personalized koozies for their drinks. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Dressed the occasion, (from left) Wooly, Louis and Alpine hang out with owners Bill and Doris Hoffie during the Rotary Club of Palatine Oktoberfest celebration Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Firefighters try to control a fire that broke out in an apartment building at the Windsor Lake Apartment Homes, in the 7300 block of Woodward Ave Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 in Woodridge. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
A class watches as mixology instructor Erick Candelas demonstrates proper stirring technique at Bitter and Sweet Cocktail Boutique in Arlington Heights Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Digital Services Librarian Amy Peterson with an e-book Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg. Libraries are trying to build public support for a pending Illinois bill that would create the Digital Library Protection Act to control the costs libraries pay to license the e-books and e-audiobooks in their collections. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Michale Carroll of Chicago smiles as he watches his son on a carnival ride during the Long Grove Apple Fest Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 in Long Grove. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Drivers pass trees with rain-soaked purple ribbons along Hawley Street in Mundelein on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. The ribbons were placed to memorialize Mary Alice Love who was fatally shot by police in May. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)
Elgin Community College’s new Manufacturing and Technology Center features a 19,000-square-foot welding and fabrication lab Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Libertyville’s Charlie Fleegle digs a Stevenson shot in a girls volleyball match in Lincolnshire Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Jose Tolentino prepares al pastor at the La Cebollita Grill booth during the Long Grove Apple Fest Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 in Long Grove. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
American Airlines flight attendant Mimi Gore, of Chicago, reminisces with her friends about their 40-year careers over coffee at Coco & Blu Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 in Arlington Heights. (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)
Natalie Zimmerman, of Jacobs High School has her hair hit her in the face during the IHSA Class 2A Barrington girls golf regional at Bonnie Dundee Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 in Carpentersville. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Prospect’s Madeline Bielecki chips onto the green at the MSL girls golf tournament at Fox Run Golf Links in Elk Grove Village Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)