Misha Baskerville is comforted by a WKU student after a vigil held on WKU’s campus for her daughter, 21-year-old Ayanna Morgan, who was shot and killed in July 2023 outside of her apartment near the university.
Firefighters combat a three-alarm fire at the former Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles Ill. on Saturday, May 21, 2022. The blaze began in the late afternoon and burned until the following morning. Prior to closing, the Pheasant Run Resort was a popular St. Charles landmark and served as a cornerstone for local dining and entertainment.
Deacons perform the sign of the cross during a sunrise mass to pray for the healing of families, schools, communities and the safety of children, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Oakwood Beach in Chicago. Saturday was the 15th year that the Black Catholic Deacons of Chicago hosted the mass. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)
A person snow blows their driveway during a winter storm Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, on East Madison Avenue in Wheaton, Illinois. Chicagoans and suburban residents experienced eight inches of snow over the weekend. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Freshman pledge Rex McFall uses his body to wash the hood of a car during a philanthropy event to raise money for the Military Heroes Campaign outside of the Kappa Sigma chapter house at Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
Bronze turkeys roam in a fenced grassy area before being fed, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, at All Grass Farms in Dundee, Illinois. All Grass Farms has about 300 Bronze turkeys that are moved throughout the property and fed in different locations to improve their quality of life. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Police officers Francis Martillo and Detinee Reib embrace after their Graduation and Promotion Ceremony Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Navy Pier in Chicago. The ceremony recognized graduates from three recruit classes as well as recently promoted captains, lieutenants, sergeants, detectives and field training officers. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Mike Woods looks at a spider web tattoo in confusion at The Crawling Panther Tattoo Company in Bowling Green, Ky. on Friday, April 5, 2024. It was Woods’ first time tattooing an elbow and tattooing something without a stencil. "I want everybody to have a good tattoo," Woods said. “Because I mean, I know how important this s*** is. And so I was basically just kind of just a nervous wreck the whole time."
After an overwhelming morning getting his young daughters ready for school and grocery shopping, Tony Walker, right, relaxes on the couch listening to Gospel rap while his wife Rosemary Walker works, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, at their home in Plainfield. Walker explained that after his stroke and heart disease diagnosis he is easily mentally overwhelmed and has to take frequent breaks to relax. His wife has become his full-time caretaker and he often sits on the couch next to her while she works. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)
Grace Bauer, 10, kisses her cow during the 4-H beef show at the 75th Anniversary of the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock, Ill. on Thursday, August 3, 2023. (Dominic Di Palermo for Shaw Local News Network)
Delta Zeta sorority members cheer on their “Tug” team during the annual WKU Greek Week “Tug” competition on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Trevor Woodrum, 8, eyes his mother Kimberly Steffes as she asks him if he wants to sing “Take it to the Limit” by the Eagles while they waited for his bus to take him to school, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at their home in Joliet, Illinois. According to his dad Scott Woodrum, Trevor likes children’s music and the bands Journey and the Eagles. Steffes took to social media to condemn President Donald Trump for using the R-word in a Truth Social post. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
River Bubenik, 5, runs to pop a large bubble that was made by a member of the Bubble Bus during the Annual Ferguson Fourth of July Parade on Florissant Rd. in Ferguson, Mo. on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Dominic Di Palermo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Jamie Mueller (left), who's been homeless for around six months, and Corinthians Robinson, who's been homeless for almost five months, embrace during a memorial service for their friend John Paul "JP" Yarborough hosted by New Life Evangelistic Center on the train tracks where he was struck at the intersection of Florida Street and North 1st Street in St. Louis, Mo. on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Mueller claimed to have been the first person to find his body earlier that week. "I knew he was was struggling," Mueller said. "I definitely did. As we all are." (Dominic Di Palermo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Scout Tristan Moore, 9, of Berkeley holds up a large American flag before the Annual Ferguson Fourth of July Parade on Florissant Rd. in Ferguson on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Dominic Di Palermo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Elvis tribute artist Bill Cherry kisses a fan while performing during the Illinois Elvis Festival at Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, Ill. on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Dominic Di Palermo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
With flag in hand, Tim Crusoe of St. Louis, Mo., sits under the Gateway Arch in anticipation of the Fourth of July annual celebration at Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis. "I love Fourth of July. It's my favoritest holiday ever," Crusoe said. (Dominic Di Palermo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
