James Kane

Deputy City Editor
  • Phone(847) 427-4469
  • Emailjkane@dailyherald.com

James Kane is assistant city editor for the Cook County staff of the Daily Herald. Since 2007, he has been supervising reporters on the Cook staff and editing copy for the news and neighbor sections. His prior duties at the Daily Herald include serving as editor of the award-winning business section for many years.

He started working with the Daily Herald in 1988 as a business reporter and became Business Editor in 1989.

Before joining the Daily Herald, his jobs included being business editor of The Times in Hammond, Ind.; a reporter for the Chicago Tribune; and reporter for the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa.

Kane graduated from North Central College in Naperville and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He is married and the father of two adult daughters and an adult son.

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Elk Grove woman's mission to save dogs continues

Apr 26 2013 | 12:54 pm - The effort of a former Elk Grove Village woman to save stray dogs in Mali continues even while she has been redeployed to other duties. This report updates the story of U.S. Air Force Maj. Gina Stramaglio, who has been working in her off hours been...

Des Plaines suspends 13 cops linked to grant scheme

Apr 17 2013 | 10:41 am - Des Plaines police announced Tuesday that 13 officers have been suspended between seven to 60 days for their parts in a scheme to misrepresent their participation in grant-funded traffic enforcement campaigns.Some officers also will be required to...

Bartlett High School kicks off fundraising campaign for athletic complex

Mar 06 2013 | 12:47 pm - Bartlett High School has kicked off a $4.5 million fundraising campaign for an activities complex so that the school would no longer have to share facilities with Streamwood High School. At the suggestion of students, the campaign was launched with...

Prospect grad saving dogs, in between tanker refueling flights

Feb 18 2013 | 6:17 am - Gina Stramaglio, a Prospect High School grad, is flying refueling tankers for the Air Force in support of French forces fighting in Mali. But in her spare time, she's working to save dogs housed in a falling-down, abandoned school near her European...

Lincoln Middle School students win state with solution to 'senior' problem

Feb 04 2013 | 9:30 am - When the nine-member Century Strikers First Lego League team at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect organized last fall, their challenge for the year was "Senior Solutions" — identifying a problem older people faced and developing a...

Firefighter recognized in Des Plaines almost 60 years after his death

Jul 22 2012 | 8:05 pm - No one knows how John Minich ended up in a grave with no headstone in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines but that is rectified now. The Chicago firefighter died almost 60 years ago, collapsing after rescuing a very pregnant woman from a residential...

Eleven DuPage County students named Golden Apple Scholars

Mar 30 2012 | 2:22 pm - Golden Apple has selected a record 135 Illinois high school students that it will groom to be the top teachers of the future. Eleven of them are from DuPage County.

Lake County students named Golden Apple Scholars

Mar 29 2012 | 3:21 pm - Golden Apple has selected a record 135 Illinois high school students that it will groom to be the top teachers of the future. Several of them are from the Lake County area.

Nine Northwest suburban students named Golden Apple Scholars

Mar 28 2012 | 12:57 pm - Golden Apple has selected a record 135 Illinois high school students that it will groom to be the top teachers of the future. Nine of them are from the Northwest suburbs.

Northwest Festival Orchestra holiday concert is Dec. 21 at Harper

Dec 12 2011 | 6:43 am - Meet the conductor of the the Northwest Festival Orchestra, which will perform a varied program of seasonal music including excerpts from "La Boheme" and "Many Moods of Christmas" for its holiday concert Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Harper College in...

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