Picture Chicago: 23 photos from this week in news
Mardoqueo Hernandez Montufar, 35, at his tent site at Humboldt Park, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. The City moved to remove the encampments in the park vowing to provide space and shelters for the individuals at the camps. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Porfirio Elliott, 49, stands for a photo in Humboldt Park, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Elliott was one of the residents of the Humboldt Park encampment that was cleared today. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Ibrahim, 14, is met with cheers of support and welcome as close to 100 supporters wait outside Exit A at O’hare International Airport’s Terminal 5 to welcome 8 children and teens from Gaza who are receiving medical attention in the United States, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Eileen O’Neill Burke takes the oath of office and is sworn in as the Cook County State’s Attorney by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham during an event at The Ivy Room in River North, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Former President Barack Obama laughs as he leads a discussion about pluralism with community leaders during The Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum at the Marriott Marquis on the Near South Side, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Jennifer Farrell, principal designer and founder of Starshaped Press, demonstrates how to make business cards using a letterpress printing style on a platen press at Starshaped Press in Ravenswood on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Metal types, which are used for letterpress printing, are displayed at Starshaped Press in Ravenswood on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Mariyana Spyropoulos celebrates after being sworn-in as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County at 50 W. Washington St. on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. | Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times
Margie Chan, who founded 500 Hats for Refugees, sits last month in her Rogers Park home with dozens of knitted hats donated by people from out of state. Chan will distribute the hats to migrants and refugees.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Former Ald. Danny Solis (25th) wishes a photojournalist “Merry Christmas” as he walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after testifying in the racketeering conspiracy trial for Illinois’ former House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Shatonya Johnson, Oak Park Chief of Police, briefs the media on the death of police officer Alan Reddins at the Oak Park Police Department, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Andrew Horvat, a former assistant Cook County state’s attorney, walks into the Rolling Meadows courthouse on Wednesday.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
A hole can be seen in a window of an apartment building in the 2200 block of South Christiana Avenue, where authorities said a 14-year-old boy was shot to death in Little Village on the Southwest Side, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Chicago police work outside an Englewood home in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue where a 15-year-old boy was found fatally shot.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Valeria Lenior, 51, was watching television when she noticed her home in the Dearborn Homes housing development getting cold. “I just got under the covers. I was just laying there waiting the whole day, and no one came by,” she said.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Chicago Public Schools Board of Education listens to a speaker during the Board of Education Meeting on the South Side, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Marise Mabil, one of Sullivan High School’s many immigrant students, attends the Rogers Park school’s eighth annual Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday. Many of the students harbor strong fears about the incoming Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation. | Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times
Zac Paeth (left) and Gene Walters carry their haul from Lego at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill. on Black Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Shoppers line up outside Polo Ralph Lauren at Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, Ill. on Black Friday.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Regas Chefas Jr., whose family founded Gethsemane Garden Center, which sells Christmas trees, stands for a photo at Gethsemane Garden Center in Andersonville, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
People skate around the Midway Plaisance Skating Rink on the first day of operations this season in Hyde Park, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time