The Week in Pictures photo gallery for the last half of April
Daily Herald photographers are always on the street finding the best moments of you and your neighbors in the Chicago suburbs.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker helps move a podium for photographers following speeches at Laborers Local 68 headquarters in Lombard on Monday, April14, 2025. He spoke about the county turning blue in the spring election.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Naperville North High School’s Mason Hofmann, left, Caleb Uson and Jack Reif, right, pose in the school’s competition pool on Monday, April 14, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
The romantic comedy Christmas movie "The Exes of Christmas Past” is being filmed on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 in Libertyville.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A film crew is working this week in downtown Libertyville for the holiday rom-com Exes if Christmas Past. Chris Charles, second from right, is working with John Bosher of Mundelein on the film.
Mick Zawislak/mzawislak@dailyherald.com
Jesus is whipped by Roman soldiers at a live Stations of the Cross march from St. Thomas of Villanova church in Palatine to Mision San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Jesus was played by Jose Vital, a member of St. Thomas of Villanova.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Mike Kennedy is an award-winning physics teacher and also a boys track coach at Neuqua Valley High School. Here he discusses magenta with his class Thursday, March 20, 2025 in Naperville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jacqueline Sanderson Assistant to the Entomologist for Northwest Mosquito Abatement District office shows how to check your pet for ticks Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Hoffman Estates.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Stephanie and Bryan Epstein, of Long Grove were just hoping to add a third child to their growing family—but ended up with three. Pictured left to right: Mason, dad Bryan holding Mason and Jackson, Asher, Levi, mom Stephanie with Oliver. The spontaneous triplets—born without fertility treatments—arrived in January, defying odds of about 1 in 80,000.
Heather Hollis/A Girl And Her Camera Photography, LLC
Children sprint to gather eggs during the Naperville Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 19, 2025 at the Frontier Sports Complex softball fields in Naperville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Brian Long, owner of Long & Co. jewelers and the Catlow theater, left, and Bryan McGonigal, owner of McGonigal's are reflected in their relocated New York bar at 113 E. Main St. Friday, April 18, 2025 in Barrington Ill the site of their new venture. JFK was supposedly a customer at the original bar in NY and it has been reported that he sat at this bar on a number of occasions.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Hey Nonny co-owners Chip Brooks, left, and Chris Dungan outside their music club and restaurant Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Arlington Heights. They recall how they helped launch Arlington Alfresco five years ago.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A nun wipes tears at a mass to remember Pope Francis on the day of his death at the Chapel of Saint Joseph at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines Monday, April 21, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Jose, a member of the Little City Choir, left, meets U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi during an Earth Day Celebration Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at the Dorothy Rose Horticulture Center on the Little City Campus in Palatine.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A southbound Canadian National freight train crosses Route 14 on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Barrington, where a roadway underpass will be constructed. A groundbreaking ceremony was held prior to the train’s passage, and the project is scheduled to be completed in just over two years.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
The demolition of the former Schaumburg village hall continues on Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Kamila Santiago, 12, is a cancer survivor and worked with Sing Me a Story to chronicle her journey in a book which was set to music. She poses with her family on Monday, April 21, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Crews clean up the contents of a truck that rolled over on the westbound Lake Cook exit from Route 53 Friday, April 25, 2025 near Long Grove.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Alanna Buttitta, left, coordinator of the Green Team at Isaac Fox Elementary School, and Ren Erdman shovel soil onto the base of a swamp white oak that was planted during the annual Arbor Day celebration at Paulus Park on Saturday, April 26, 2025 in Lake Zurich.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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