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Christopher Placek

Staff Writer

Christopher Placek joined the Daily Herald in November 2010, and currently covers news in Glen Ellyn, Carol Stream, Glenbard High School District 87 and College of DuPage. Placek is also the Daily Herald's Friday night breaking news reporter, covering news throughout the newspaper's five-county circulation area.

He has reported extensively on local controversies, including the intergovernmental dispute between the village of Glen Ellyn and COD, and debates on the Carol Stream library board that resulted in the firing of the library director.

His interest in becoming a reporter was sparked at age 9. By age 12, he was publisher of his very own family newsletter, the Placek Press. Placek was an intern for the Daily Herald, WBBM-TV, and DeBat Media, a Chicago-based real estate public relations firm.

He is a 2010 graduate of Marquette University, where he majored in journalism and minored in political science. He attended Notre Dame High School in Niles and Edgebrook Elementary School in Chicago. He is also an Eagle Scout.

Placek is a lifelong resident of Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.

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Two drivers injured in Hawthorn Woods crash

May 24 2013 | 5:01 pm - Two drivers were transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision Friday morning in Hawthorn Woods, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Hawley Street and Gilmer Road at 9:24 a.m., according to Lt. Jim...

Family safe after fire in Glen Ellyn

May 24 2013 | 8:03 pm - All residents of a Glen Ellyn home escaped safely Friday morning after a small fire broke out in a bedroom closet, authorities said. Firefighting crews responded to the structure fire on the 0 to 100 block of Sheffield Court at 7:26 a.m., according...

DuPage County friends talk about their $7.4 million lottery win

May 24 2013 | 11:11 pm - Carol Davis and Conrad Rask became good friends about a decade ago when they discovered they shared a common interest: playing the lottery. Davis got a call from Rask the morning after the April 29 Lotto drawing. "He called me at 7:20 in morning and...

8-foot chaparral sculpture finds home at College of DuPage

May 24 2013 | 9:36 am - Students rushing to class at College of DuPage may have been in such a hurry that they missed it: an 8-foot bronze sculpture of a chaparral has been installed on the school's Glen Ellyn campus. The chaparral, also known as a roadrunner, isn't common...

Carol Stream still debating rec center signs

May 23 2013 | 11:44 am - Carol Stream Park District will have a 13-foot, 8-inch welcome sign in front of its new recreation center when it opens this summer, but the fate of other signs at the site is still up in the air. The village board approved a variance this week...

Flooding prevention project gets leg up in Carol Stream

May 20 2013 | 10:40 pm - A $7 million stormwater management project aimed at reducing flooding in Carol Stream is a step closer to getting off the ground. The village board Monday approved final plans for construction of two aboveground reservoirs in Armstrong Park and a...

COD paves new way to earn bachelor's degree

May 20 2013 | 4:20 pm - Nine students will walk across the stage Sunday at Lewis University's commencement ceremony to receive bachelor's degrees in criminal justice. Yet, these students never took classes at the school's campus in Romeoville. Through a so-called 3+1...

Aurora homeless man drowns in retention pond

May 18 2013 | 5:21 pm - A 36-year-old homeless Aurora man was found dead in a retention pond Friday afternoon — the victim of an apparent drowning, police said. The man was identified Saturday as Joseph A. Pec, a resident of the Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora.

Aurora man drowns in retention pond

May 17 2013 | 6:06 pm - A 36-year-old man Aurora man was found dead in a retention pond Friday afternoon — the victim of an apparent drowning, police said. A jogger running past the pond near Kirk Road and Mesa Lane on the city's far northeast side saw the body lying...

DuPage adjunct professors get contract extension, raises

May 17 2013 | 12:19 am - Adjunct professors at the College of DuPage are set to receive salary increases as part of a two-year contract extension approved Thursday by the college's board of trustees. College officials offered the contract extension to adjuncts as a package...

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