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One of approximately 75 dogs from a dog meat farm in South Korea has been unloaded from a truck after arriving from Canada to the Elmhurst Animal Care Center, where shelter and rescue organizations from the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest are picking them up for rehabilitation and adoption.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Nancy Herron of Aurora, left in hoodie, and Aimee Maas of Wheaton, with Paddington, her Canines for Christ dog, gather with people for a prayer vigil outside the site of a workplace shooting in Aurora.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Dressed as Gail Borden, Elgin councilman John Steffen holds a birthday cake as the Gail Borden Public Library celebrates it's 125th anniversary Friday in Elgin. The library was named after Borden, the inventor of condensed milk, when his family donated the land for the building.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Mourners overcome with grief place a flowers at the crosses outside of the Henry Pratt company in Aurora on Sunday, February 17 in memory of the 5 employees killed there two days earlier in a workplace shooting.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman during a prayer for the injured police officers outside of the Henry Pratt company in Aurora on Sunday, February 17, 2019.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Students line up to talk and take photos with Holocaust survivor Magda Brown after her speech at Neuqua Valley High School on Friday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Mourners raise their hands in prayer and rededicate the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora at a prayer vigil on Sunday, February 17, in Aurora. Prayers were said for the victims, the families, the police and survivors.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Linda Perucca takes a photo of her mother Mary Perucca, 85, left, and her three sisters Tuesday at Travanse Living, an assisted living facility in Grayslake. Mary hasn't seen her sisters since 2015. Linda won a writing contest sponsored by Travanse Living, who brought all three sisters from Indiana for a six-day stay.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Lily Pendlay, 9 of Naperville, left, and Camilla Dadashev, 8, of Naperville pack ingredients into a meal bag during a Feed My Starving Children mobile food pack event at North Central College in Naperville on Sunday, February 17, 2019. 5,800 people signed up to pack meals during the 36 hour event. 1.3 million meals were packed and that will feed 3,800 kids for one year. The girls were part of Beebe Elementary school scout troop 55416.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Danyaal Sami, left, and Christopher Kademoglou, both 15, work on a science project Wednesday. Elgin Academy will turn 180 years old on February 22, which students and employees will mark with a schoolwide day of service as part of a Founder's Day celebration. The private school serves students in preschool through 12th grade from throughout the Fox River Valley.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A cyclist enjoys a sunny ride as temperatures finally rose above freezing Thursday at Independence Grove Forest Preserve in Libertyville.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The Beacon Tap in Des Plaines entertains the Tuesday afternoon lunchtime crowd, including Kevin Calkins of Elmhurst, right, with Ed Trojan of Hoffman Estates as they dive into a pizza.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Stevenson High School alum Jalen Brunson says a few words during a ceremony honoring his career before a basketball game against Warren Friday night in Lincolnshire.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
When Laura Carlson Spencer realized her prized collection of antique political buttons accidentally had been donated to Goodwill, she rushed to the store. But someone had bought the entire collection for $80. good Samaritans returned the collection.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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