A worker removes damaged soy bean products from a semitrailer. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning. (Gary Middendorf - gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com/Gary Middendorf)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumnus. Transitioned from animation to photography in 2010. Freelanced as a photojournalist from 2011 to 2021 before taking on the role as Photo Editor for the Herald-News in 2021.