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Bob Smith

City Editor
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Bob Smith is the city editor in the Daily Herald's DuPage County office. He helps oversee the day-to-day operation of the DuPage newsroom, helps organize coverage for both the print and web editions, and works closely with the DuPage Editor, assistant city editors, reporters, photographers and interns.

He has helped oversee the Daily Herald's coverage of a wide range of stories, from the Marilyn Lemak murders to Evan Lysacek Day in Naperville. Smith joined the Daily Herald in 1994 as an assistant city editor after working for the Beacon News in Aurora, Daily Journal in Wheaton and Press Publications in Elmhurst.

A graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, he grew up in Elmhurst, graduated from York High School, and has lived in Villa Park, Glendale Heights and Carol Stream.

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DuPage forest preserve director resigns

May 18 2012 | 4:24 pm - The executive director of the DuPage Foreest Preserve District, Brent Manning, will step down next month after nearly nine years at the district's helm. Manning, 59, cited health and family concernswhen breaking the news Friday to his staff.

Anderson’s hosts ‘The Great Whoop Off’ to celebrate book release

Mar 19 2012 | 6:59 am - It's going to be a gas. There, I said it. It's hard not to sound like a giggling 10-year-old boy when you get to write about something called "The Great Whoop Off" and talk to actual grown women about a "simultaneous whoopee cushion detonation."

Sunset, sailboat add up to winning February Photo Finish entry

Mar 04 2012 | 7:10 am - Allen Panek of Naperville wins our February DuPage Photo Finish contest with a stunning image of a sailboat and the setting sun off the coast of Key West, Fla. "I knew it was a 'good composition'icture," he says. "I knew it was a keeper."

Contract agreement in Oak Brook District 53

Feb 29 2012 | 6:26 pm - It took more than a year of sometimes difficult talks, but teachers and Oak Brook’s Butler Elementary District 53 school board have agreed on a three-year contract that will be finalized later this month. The pact, approved Tuesday by the...

No injuries as Lisle school bus slides off road

Feb 24 2012 | 4:30 pm - No injuries were reported Friday morning when a school bus carrying about two dozen students slid off an icy Lisle street and wound up with its front tires stuck in the mud of a resident's yard. The students, all first- and second-graders from Tate...

Butler District 53 contract talks at standstill

Feb 08 2012 | 1:49 pm - Teacher contract talks remain at a standstill in Oak Brook's Butler Elementary District 53 with both sides apparently dug in for what could be a long fight over salaries. After 24 bargaining sessions over the past year, including three meetings with...

District 94, teachers finalize three-year contract

Feb 08 2012 | 2:25 pm - Teachers and administrators at West Chicago's Community High School have approved a three-year contract that will give teachers 1 percent raises in each of the first two years and allow both sides to reopen the pact in the third year to address...

Glendale Heights mourns loss of longtime village employee

Feb 08 2012 | 7:17 pm - Glendale Heights officials and residents are remembering a longtime employee who was a pioneer in public access cable TV programming for the village and was the driving force behind the Valentines for Vets program. Gina Thorson, 66, who first joined...

Naperville woman wins our monthly Photo Finish contest

Feb 05 2012 | 8:43 am - Naperville's Susan Barhaug captured a stunning image of the Millennium Carillon surrounded by gorgeous fall color. The picture not only serves as the cover of her self-published book, but also won our monthly Photo Finish contest.

Big Read author explains pasion for Hemingway

Feb 04 2012 | 11:42 am - If you haven't heard of Paula McLain, this year's featured author for The Big Read, don't worry, you won't be required to surrender your library card. She's published two books of poetry and a memoir, but only one other novel, "A Ticket to Ride,"...

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