
John Starks
Staff Photographer at Daily Herald
Senior staff photographer for the Daily Herald, covering suburban Chicago. 2017 Daily Herald Editorial Excellence Award winner
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1 week ago |
dailyherald.com | John Starks
Daily Herald photographers bring you moments found in the suburbs. Mascots Ozzie T. Cougar and his sister Annie T. Cougar enjoy some coffee as Rev Entertainment announces they are the new owners of the Kane County Cougars during a press conference Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.
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3 weeks ago |
dailyherald.com | John Starks
Daily Herald photographers found moments to tell the story of March in the Chicago suburbs. Alejandro Gomez, of Wheeling looks over the menu at the Original Granny's Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 831 W. Dundee Road in Wheeling. Brian Hill/[email protected] Joan Mundstock, 83, performs an acrobatic dance during the Schaumburg Senior Follies variety show Sunday at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts.
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1 month ago |
dailyherald.com | John Starks
Daily Herald photographers bring you their look at the suburbs. Is your neighborhood here? A total lunar eclipse turned the moon red early Friday morning. The full eclipse occured when the the moon, Earth and sun align. This sequence starts at 12:13 a.m. to 2:15 a.m. Friday morning. Paul Valade/[email protected] Kolatek Baking Co. owner Bart Kolatek talks excitedly about his family’s rose Paczkis Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in Palatine.
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1 month ago |
dailyherald.com | John Starks
A group wearing “Founding Founders” costumes exits the icy water during the Purple Plunge into Lake Zurich at Breezewald Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025. They won the costume contest held before the start of the plunge. Joe Lewnard/[email protected] Kathryn Arena, a bartender from fire + wine in Glen Ellyn, gives her tins a good shake at Wonderverse in Oak Brook Monday during the “Good Clean Fun” espresso martini competition.
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2 months ago |
dailyherald.com | John Starks
The IHSA boys wrestling championships played out at the State Farm Arena on the campus of the Univeristy of Illinois in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. St. Charles East’s Dom Munaretto reacts after defeating Schaumburg’s Brady Phelps in the Class 3A 120-pound final at the IHSA boys state wrestling championships at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.
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