The week in photographs from the Daily Chronicle, as seen by our photographers.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com NIU Police officer Lori York and explosives dog Izzy search the property after a bomb threat was called in at the Genoa Post Office at 705 Pearson Drive at approximately 4:30pm on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Genoa.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Michael Elias (right), former assistant coach for the 1968 DeKalb High School wrestling team, shares a laugh with Dave Braser, a former wrestler on the 1968 team, as they catch up in the bleachers before the current Barbs' season opener against West Aurora on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at DeKalb High School in DeKalb. DeKalb honored members of the 1968 state championship wrestling team between the junior varsity and varsity matchups.
Photo Illustration by Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com
Mitchell Cress poses for a photo illustration with a graphic symbolizing Bitcoin on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Northwestern Medicine Hospice music therapist Jen Conley (left) plays a selection of ABBA songs for fan Wally Muszynsky on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 in DeKalb. Muszynsky suffers from Parkinson's Disease, and hearing the music brightens his day.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com John Russell of DeKalb talks a walk on the path occupied by dozens of Canada geese around the pond at Rotary Park on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 in DeKalb. "I guess it's a little bit warm," he said, noting that they usually fly south for the winter.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Gabriel Cross (right) reacts to answering a question correctly as he studies for finals with Alexandra Peets inside The College Grind on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Sycamore and DeKalb firefighter/paramedics help the female driver of a black Buick after a collision with a tan Toyota minivan in front of Texas Roadhouse on Rt. 23 near the intersection of Bethany Road on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 in Sycamore.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Natalie Kaczor of Sycamore and daughter Jenna, 7, are silhouetted by a setting sun as they ring bells for the Salvation Army red kettle campaign on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Walgreens in Sycamore.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Crews clean up the site of a crash at the intersection of Rt. 23 and Gurler Road on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 in DeKalb.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Hannah Kaczor of Sycamore, 8, pours herself some hot cocoa as her family rings bells for the Salvation Army red kettle campaign on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Walgreens in Sycamore.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jack Teboda (center), 1968 state champion wrestler for DeKalb, gathers the Barbs for a motivational huddle inside the wrestling room on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at DeKalb High School in DeKalb. The Barbs honored members of the 1968 state championship wrestling team between the junior varsity and varsity matchups in their season opener against West Aurora.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Wally Muszynsky (center) reaches for an ABBA songbook with wife Sue (right) and Northwestern Medicine Hospice music therapist Jen Conley (left) on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 in DeKalb. Muszynsky suffers from Parkinson's Disease, and hearing the music brightens his day.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Genoa police and the DeKalb County Sheriffs Department respond to a bomb threat at the Genoa Post Office at 705 Pearson Drive at approximately 4:30pm on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Genoa.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Natalie Kaczor of Sycamore points daughter Jenna, 7, in the direction of a donor unable to get out of a vehicle as the Kaczor family rings bells for the Salvation Army red kettle campaign on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Walgreens in Sycamore.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Employees are evacuated as DeKalb firefighter/paramedics respond to a fire at Right Pointe, 234 Harveststore Dr., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 in DeKalb.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Northwestern Medicine Hospice music therapist Jen Conley plays a selection of ABBA songs for fan Wally Muszynsky on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 in DeKalb. Muszynsky suffers from Parkinson's Disease, and hearing the music brightens his day.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jack Teboda, DeKalb wrestling 1968 state champion, talks to current Barbs wrestlers inside the wrestling room on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at DeKalb High School in DeKalb. The Barbs honored members of the 1968 state championship wrestling team between the junior varsity and varsity matchups in their season opener against West Aurora.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Olga Gracheva of Blagoveshehensk, Russia, reacts as her son, Oleg Grachev, 22, talks about the struggles he has had to overcome a gay man from Russia on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 in DeKalb. Grachev has persisted through the face of adversity to graduate from NIU over the winter with a double major in finance and economics. He has already landed a job in New York City at JP Morgan Chase.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Sycamore police block off roads in the neighborhood of Park Avenue and Charles Street on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 in Sycamore.