The Week in Pictures photo gallery for the second half of March
Daily Herald photographers found moments to tell the story of March in the Chicago suburbs.
Joan Mundstock, 83, performs an acrobatic dance during the Schaumburg Senior Follies variety show Sunday at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A child gets up close to a farm animal during Opening Day of the farmyard at Lambs Farm Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Libertyville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
St. Charles interin police chief Eric Majewski walks away as Kane County States Attorney Jamie L. Moser greets Illinois State Senator Linda Holmes and St. Charles Mayor Lora vitek and First Assistant State’s Attornery Christine Bayer start to leave a press conference announcing the formation of a Human Exploitation Unit at the St. Charles Police Department on Monday, March 17, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A demonstrator wears socks that read "Exhausted American" as she joins hundreds gathered on the curb in Lisle on Ogden Ave. in front of a Tesla dealership to demonstrate on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Hundreds gathered on the curb on Ogden Ave. in front of a Tesla dealership to demonstrate on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Jaycie Mundell came from Rockford to join hundreds gathered on the curb on Ogden Ave. in Lisle in front of a Tesla dealership to demonstrate on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Hundreds gathered on the curb on Ogden Ave. in front of a Tesla dealership to demonstrate, led by Reid McCullum using a blowhorn on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. He is the Chairman of the Democratic Party of DuPage County.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Owner Michael Brown, right, and his son Nate at CoCo and Blu Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Arlington Heights Ill. CoCo and Blu in Arlington Heights s spinning off a new restaurant, CoCo and Maple at the luxury apartment complex HQ Residences in Mount Prospect.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Attendees check out the room dedicated to Operation Loving Hope at The Salvation Army Elgin Corps Community Center Wednesday. The new program will provide children who are being removed from their homes and destined for foster care with suitcases and items like pajamas, a handmade blanket, a stuffed animal and a toy or book.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks Monday about an ambitious revamp of O’Hare International Airport that includes replacing Terminal 2.
Marni Pyke/mpyke@dailyherald.com
Billy Bricks had their first brick oven custom made for their location in Lombard, then trucked it down the street at 3 a.m. when they moved the location about 13 years ago.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
The husband and wife team of Jennifer Polit and Matthew Habib have opened Legit Dogs & Ice in South Elgin. They initially started it as a food truck in 2016 and later had a location in Elgin.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Jack Caldez, of Villa Park and co-worker Armi Jerger of Wheeling decide what to order at the much-anticipated Moretti’s restaurant that opened on Thursday, March 20, 2025 in Wheeling.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Students check their lockers at Kaneland High School Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in Maple Park. Kaneland District 302 is having a referendum to ask for $140.3 million for building repairs and improvements throughout the district, including building a fieldhouse at the high school, renovating the west gym, boiler/AC work, reworking office and classroom spaces and more.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Cristobal Cavazos leads a line of protestors as they march during a national boycott of Nestle Friday, March 21, 2025 in Schaumburg.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Protestors march along E. Algonquin Road during a national boycott of Nestle Friday, March 21, 2025 in Schaumburg.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Protestors are moved to the curb as a truck enters from E. Algonquin Road during a national boycott of Nestle Friday, March 21, 2025 in Schaumburg.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Saachi Churiwala and fellow Stevenson High School CATALYST Club members talk about communities cracking down on the sale of Delta 8 THC to minors on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Lincolnshire.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Josh Novick, of Deerfield and his son Hudson, 2, feeding Rocky who is also two, during Opening Day of the farmyard at Lambs Farm Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Libertyville Ill. The Novicks, who were wearing matching shirts with Rocky’s photo on also volunteer at the farm.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jimmy Baker of Carpentersville riffles thought boxes of comics during the DuPage Comic Con Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton Ill.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The DuPage Comic Con was jam packed Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Divers use sonar to search the Fox River in Elgin Monday, searching for clues in the Karen Schepers cold case The 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished after attending a party with coworkers at a Carpentersville bar in 1983.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Elgin Police Detectives Matt Vartanian, left, and Andrew Houghton watch as Mike McFerron of Chaos Divers goes into the Fox River in Elgin Monday, searching for clues in the Karen Schepers cold case The 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished after attending a party with coworkers at a Carpentersville bar in 1983.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
People watch as the car believed to belong to an Elgin woman who has been missing since 1983 is pulled from the Fox River Tuesday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Ryan McCann, of Geneva grills while tailgating with his friends on opening day at Rate Field on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Chicago.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Hailey Kuriger, left, and Nicole Penland, both of Plainfield, tailgate in the bed of a pickup truck during opening day at Rate Field on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Chicago.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
White Sox fans await the start of pregame festivities on opening day at Rate Field on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Chicago.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Arlington Heights retired principal, humanitarian and international traveler Mary Stitt is about to turn 100. Though she is nearly legally blind, her memory is terrific, and she easily recalls her days at the helm of Olive school and her many mission trips with Rotary.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Five years ago Frankie Cirignani was beginning her career as a nurse, but never expected it to start with a worldwide pandemic. She poses at Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst on March 26, 2026.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Samantha Nagel had accepted a job as a nurse at McHenry Hospital when Covid struck. She poses at the hospital on March 26.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Charlotte Kelland, 10, left, and her brothers, Dylan, 20, second from left, and Tyler, 16, watch and listen as their sister, Mackenzie, plays her flute in their back yard. They handled the COVID lockdown in a variety of ways, incuding playing music.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Michael Kelland, of Schaumburg and his children handled the COVID lockdown in a variety of ways. He and Charlotte, who was five at the time and is now 10, gardened in their back yard.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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