Photos: The first half of August fills The Week in Pictures
Daily Herald photographers worked in so many communities in August, yours must be in here.
Laura Flamion, DuPage County Animal Services Shelter Administrator cuddles with a few young kittens that were dropped off Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 at DuPage County Animal Services in Wheaton. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Wide receiver Steven Harvey at Wheaton Warrenville South High School football practice in Wheaton Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Mario Salinas, 4, of Roselle, left, and friend Mikey Burcker, 4, of West Chicago eat corn on the cob during the Taste of Roselle on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Roselle. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Senior Medical Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health, Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH Thursday, July 30, 2026 at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. Since May 1, 2026, CDC has received reports of 1,645 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis and is aware of more than 5,100 cases (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Warren’s Kaden Millbrooks makes contact with a teammate during a drill during at football practice in Gurnee on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Samantha Valdez, left, who led a group of anti-ICE protestors during an outdoor rally before the Hoffman Estates Village Board meeting, is told by Police Chief Kasia Cawley that she cannot bring a sign into the meeting in Hoffman Estates on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Band leader Rob Loar sings on stage with Soda at the National Night Out event at Heritage Park Performance Pavillion and Family Aquatic Center in Wheeling Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Holland Ledbetter, 11, of Elgin gets a violin lesson from Martin Lopez of 4 Strings Attached during a National Night Out event in Elgin Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Milan Melchor, 2, of Naperville stretches to reach a pump handle in one the new play areas at the Basics-inspired garden spaces in the Morton Arboretum’s Children’s Garden in Lisle on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Artificial turf is installed in the football stadium at Maine West High School in Des Plaines Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
The sun emerges from clouds as Hersey football players practice at Wheeling High School in Wheeling on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
On the first day of football practice of the season, Hersey practiced at Wheeling High School in Wheeling on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. Work is taking place on the track at their own stadium in Arlington Heights. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Ruslan Melchor, 5, of Naperville makes a spider web with yarn and sticks during the grand opening for the new Basics-inspired garden spaces in the Morton Arboretum’s Children’s Garden in Lisle on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
Feldco workers remove the old shingles from the roof of the Bartlett home of U.S. Marine Corps veteran Scott Hellem on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
With quarterback Ethan Patel holding, Antioch kicker Jack Hulting practices on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. Behind them is sophomore kicker Kaile Moloney. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Antioch football players practice near the 50-yard line in the stadium in Antioch on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
A boater skims along the Fox River on Tuesday, August. 4, 2026 near the Picnic Grove Park in Fox River Grove. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)
Skyler Lenz, 10, paddles a boat called “Boatsy” that was designed by her father Lucas at the 30th Annual Fox Lake Cardboard Boat Race at Lakefront Park in Fox Lake Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. She and her siblings Summer and Christian both used the same boat in later races across the harbor. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Nurgul Elekeeva gets a jump scare when Cyrus, a 7-year-old camel, makes an unexpected move during Halal Fest in St. Charles Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. Elekeeva was visiting from Iowa and moved to the U.S. three years ago from Kyrgyzstan. (Rick West/Daily Herald)
The Finn kids, Seamus, Kiera, Colin and Liam, are reflected in two Chromebooks they will use in the upcoming 2026/27 school year. They pose in their Palatine home Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Stevenson High School Alumnus Justin Lange, of Buffalo Grove, wears a replica Super Bowl ring as he looks at merchandise from the pro shop before the Chicago Bears have a practice at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. He said he spent about $170. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Luca Kozhenyakov, 12, of Naperville, wears his new Bears sunglasses in preference to the pair he brought to see the Chicago Bears practice at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)
Montini quarterback Israel Abrams throws a pass during football practice in Lombard on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Downtown Geneva, including the State Street bridge over the Fox River and the Fox River dam on May 6, 2025. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)
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Mayor Bradley Stephens gives a tour of an exhibit that includes a talking, animatronic representation of his father, the late Donald E. Stephens, who was the village’s first mayor, at the $3 million, 4,300-square-foot Donald E. Stephens Rosemont History Museum in Rosemont on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)