Eric Peterson

Staff Writer
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Eric Peterson currently covers Schaumburg and the seven-village Barrington area for the Daily Herald. He joined the paper in March 2000 after previously working for Pioneer Press, the Northwest Herald and the former Chicago Suburban Times newspapers.

Peterson was among the reporters whose 2006 series on international adoption, "Finding Family," won the Chicago Journalists Association's Sarah Brown Boyden Award for Best Series in 2007. He was the writer of "Last Letters Home" on the correspondence of four U.S. soldiers killed in action to their Chicago suburban families, which won the CJA's Sarah Brown Boyden Award for Online Features in 2008 and was named Best Multimedia Story in 2009 by the Illinois AP Editors Association in Division A.

Peterson earned his journalism degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

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Barrington: Crash raises urgency for changes at CN crossing

May 24 2013 | 4:51 pm - Barrington officials say Thursday's rush-hour collision between a freight train and a semitrailer truck on Route 14 only strengthens their argument for a grade separation at the railroad crossing. "The traffic implications were unbelievable, even...

Barrington, fire district both prepared for split

May 22 2013 | 6:09 pm - Barrington village officials remain far from convinced that their long-running relationship with the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District will end on New Year's Eve. But if it does, the directions for a smooth transition for both agencies...

Schaumburg launches 'micro' loan program

May 23 2013 | 3:42 pm - A longtime Schaumburg resident, still relatively new to having to pay a municipal property tax, felt his hackles rise when his April water bill included news that the village was offering forgivable $10,000 loans to small business owners. But the...

Barrington Dist. 220 wary of supporting either Rt. 14 crossing plan

May 22 2013 | 12:18 am - For a second time Tuesday, Barrington Unit District 220 board members held back from passing a resolution supporting either a Route 14 underpass or overpass at the Canadian National Railway crossing in Barrington. But the board appeared to be...

Man charged with church molestation also cared for District 220 children

May 21 2013 | 5:42 pm - A Willow Creek Community Church volunteer charged earlier this month with molesting an 8-year-old boy in February also worked for a Barrington Park District program that looked after children before and after school. Barrington Unit District 220...

Schaumburg police warn of strong-arm robberies

May 21 2013 | 7:15 pm - Schaumburg police Tuesday issued a community alert stemming from a pair of strong-arm robberies that occurred on the northwest side of the village during the previous few days. Neither victim was injured, but police are reminding residents to remain...

Schaumburg trustee tells of Oklahoma tornado experience

May 22 2013 | 9:01 am - Huddled in a closet as the house around them was being disintegrated by Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Schaumburg Village Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, think the water heater that fell on them may be the reason they survived.

Barrington fire district searching for its own staff

May 21 2013 | 12:13 am - According to Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District trustees, questions over their proposed year-end split with the Barrington Fire Department have changed from theoretical to practical — from "why?" to "how?" That means starting a...

Dist. 54 names more new principals, assistants

May 19 2013 | 4:24 pm - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 has named two more new principals and two more assistant principals for the 2013-14 school year. Julie Gluff will be principal of Hale Elementary and Nell Haack will be principal of Collins Elementary.

Floods can’t stop Des Plaines River canoe race

May 17 2013 | 11:00 pm - Yes, the 56th Annual Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon will go on as scheduled Sunday. But that doesn't mean organizers didn't have a few things to worry about in the wake of last month's floods.

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