Our Favorites
With over 100 years of cumulative experience capturing every important moment, Shaw Local News Network photographers are part of your communities.
We are there to tell YOUR stories and bring them to life in photos. Here is just a small collection of some of Shaw Local News Network’s favorite photographs from throughout Northern Illinois in the past year.
We hope you love them too!
Scott Anderson – sanderson@shawnedia.com
Members of the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp baseball team hoist the Prospect League trophy after winning the Prospect League Championship against Rex on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.
Gary Middendorf – gmiddendor@shawmedia.com
Race fans pack the stands for NHRA’s Gerber Collinsion and Glass Route 66 Nationals at Route 66 Raceway on Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Joliet.
Alex T. Paschal – apaschal@saukvalley.com
A blue heron wasn’t the first one to catch this fish Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at RB&W Park in Rock Falls.
Scott Anderson —sandersonr@shawmedia.com
Collin Crew and Charlie Jeppson ride the swing ride as a crescent moon appears in the sky behind them during the Summer Fun Fest on Friday, June 14, 2024 in Oglesby.
A crop dusting plane flys low over a farm Friday Aug. 9,
Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com
2024, on Somonauk Road just south of Hinckley.
Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com
Huntley’s Logan Barreto cools off with a cup of water on his face after finishing the boys race of the McHenry County Cross Country Invite on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at McHenry Township Park in Johnsburg.
Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com
Daylon Terry, 7, of DeKalb gets a visit from (from left) Michael Nishimura as Maui, Abbo Rago as Wonder Woman, Jen Watson as Rapunzel and Scott Eckelberry as Flynn during a Halloween visit to the pediatric intensive care unit of Northwestern Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Gary Middendorf – gmiddendor@shawmedia.com
Steve McMichael gets a kiss on the nose from his wife Misty at the McMichael’s home on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Steve will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 1st.
Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com
An American Flag flutters in the wind along Hartland Road south of Hartland on Monday, June 17, 2004.
Alex T. Paschal – apaschal@saukvalley.com
Ayla and Charlie Arellano wade through high waters below the Peoria Avenue bridge in Dixon Monday, July 15, 2024, as river levels continue to raise as more rains hit the area.
David Toney for Shaw Local News Network Fireworks light up the night sky as community members watch the fireworks display at Prairie Point Community Park in Oswego on Thursday July 4, 2024.
Gary Middendorf – gmiddendor@shawmedia.com
Olivia Kics, working on her music degree at Joliet Junior College, attends the Intro to Slide Guitar workshop at the Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Traditional Music Festival on Saturday June 8, 2024 in Morris.
Scott Anderson —sandersonr@shawmedia.com
La Salle and Peru firefighters work the scene of a structure fire in the 300 block of Crosat Street on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in La Salle. The fire happened shortly after 12:30p.m.
Scott Anderson – sanderson@shawnedia.com
L-P’s Michael Hartman makes a spectacular catch over Ottawa’s Michael McGill on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 at Howard Fellows Stadium.
Gary Middendorf – gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com
Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi pose for a photo at Blues Brothers Con: The Sequel on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at the Old Joliet Prison.
Mark Busch – mbusch@shawmedia.com
A Northern Illinois University candidate for graduation celebrates as the students are seated during the first of two undergraduate commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 11, 2024, in the Convocation Center at NIU in DeKalb.
Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com
Ted Welch, who is visiting family from Maine, and his dog, Mac, walks with snowshoes at Settler’s Ridge in Geneva on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.
– gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com
sbressner@shawmedia.com
Alex T. Paschal – apaschal@saukvalley.com
Samantha Johnson of Dixon doubles over in laughter at a picture she took of Aubree Johnson Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, at Dixon’s Venetian Night. Samantha was laughing after a street performer startled Aubree during the photo shoot.
Scott Anderson – sanderson@shawnedia.com
The homestead festival rolls down Main Street during the Homestead Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7,, 2024 in Princeton.
Gary Middendorf
Makynley Schneider, left, and Aaron Freidt brave the new Fireball ride at the Taste of Joliet on Friday, June 21, 2024 at Joliet Memorial Stadium.
Sandy Bressner –
Members of the Downers Grove South senior class march in the school’s annual homecoming parade on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Steven Buyansky for Shaw Local News Network
Graduates let their mortarboards fly during Plano High School’s graduation ceremony on the football field, Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Alex T. Paschal – apaschal@saukvalley.com
Elizabethan history educator Andy Montano blasts apart a head of cabbage Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, during a demonstration of early rifle technology at Fall and Fantasy Fest. The group could not shoot live ammo but still wanted to show the power of early armaments.
a win Saturday, July 20,
Gregory Shaver – gshaver@shawmedia.com
Veteran Carl Kamlenski’s shadow is cast onto the McHenry County Veterans Memorial as he salutes McHenry County veterans who died in the Vietnam War during the “Voices from Vietnam,” program on Friday, March 29, 2024, at the McHenry County Government Administration Building in Woodstock. The program was the first time that McHenry County honored Vietnam veterans on Vietnam War Veterans Day. The day, that was created by federal law enacted in 2017, honors the more than 2.7 million American men and women who served in Vietnam.
Gary Middendorf – gmiddendor@shawmedia.com
Race fans line the fense to watch one of the heat races at
County Speedway on June 15, 2024 in Morris.
Grundy
Mark Busch – mbusch@shawmedia.com
Chicago Bears running back D’Onta Foreman hurdles Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton during their game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Sean King for Shaw Local News Network Yorkville’s Regan Bishop (left) reacts after crossing the plate to score a run against Oswego during a softball game at Yorkville High School on Thursday, May 9, 2024.
Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com
Keegan, 7, and Aaron Harrison of Amboy put up shots in a grain wagon basketball hoop Sunday, July 28, 2024, at the Lee County Fair.
Scott Anderson – sanderson@shawmedia.com
Dirt Crew Dozer leaps to
2024, against a rival in the racing portion of the Overdrive Monster Truck Show at Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton.
