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Robert Sanchez

Assistant City Editor
  • Phone(630) 955-3511
  • Emailbsanchez@dailyherald.com

Robert Sanchez is a lifelong suburbanite who joined the Daily Herald in 1995 as a weekend police and Warrenville reporter. He has since done the rounds in the newspaper's DuPage County bureau, covering the communities of Lombard, Villa Park, Oakbrook Terrace, Oak Brook, Lisle, Winfield and Wheaton.

During that time, Sanchez chronicled the rise of the Cantera development in Warrenville, the demise of the DuPage Theatre in Lombard, and Kelly Jo Kuharski's heartbreak during the fourth season of "The Bachelor."

As a metro writer from 2004-07, Sanchez covered a variety of issues related to DuPage County government and politics, including various budget battles and efforts to build a western access road to O'Hare International Airport. He was named Assistant City Editor in 2007.

Sanchez graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a journalism major and a political science minor. He lives in Bolingbrook with his wife and their three children.

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Former Glenbard East student accused of shooting threat

May 22 2013 | 3:41 pm - A former Glenbard East student stands accused of planning to commit a mass shooting at the Lombard high school's graduation ceremony, authorities said Wednesday. Michael Santoro, 19, of Lombard, has been charged with disorderly conduct for planning...

DuPage forest preserve delays vote on web streaming

May 21 2013 | 9:13 pm - Anyone who wants to watch a DuPage County Forest Preserve meeting on their computer or mobile device will have to wait a little longer. Forest preserve commissioners on Tuesday postponed a scheduled vote to hire Granicus, Inc., to provide the...

New DuPage forest preserve director unlikely before September

May 21 2013 | 4:17 pm - It's been almost a year since Brent Manning stepped down as executive director of the DuPage County Forest Preserve, and finding his replacement already is taking longer than originally anticipated. Now district officials are predicting that someone...

DuPage reconsidering Islamic prayer center plan

May 21 2013 | 11:03 am - A proposal to convert a house into a mosque is back before DuPage County's zoning board of appeals after a federal judge ordered that the county take another look at the project. “The decision to reject ICWS didn't comply with the law,”...

DuPage panel considers strategies to control mosquitoes

May 17 2013 | 10:51 pm - DuPage County's nine townships could play key roles in a push to combat mosquito populations on a countywide level. A mosquito abatement task force is working to develop strategies to reduce the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses, such as West Nile...

Itasca parents still trying to save school programs

May 16 2013 | 10:02 pm - It appears likely Itasca Elementary District 10 will begin classes next fall with fewer middle school programs. Nevertheless, parents in the district still hope to convince the school board to reverse a decision to eliminate seventh-grade Spanish,...

DuPage carjacker/nuclear engineer gets 40 years

May 15 2013 | 6:48 pm - If a nuclear engineer who is believed to have fled the country is found by authorities, he will have a prison cell waiting for him. A DuPage County judge on Wednesday sentenced Michael Buhrman to 40 years in prison for his armed carjacking of a...

Disaster recovery center opening in Lisle

May 15 2013 | 5:52 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening a disaster recovery center in Lisle so DuPage County property owners dealing with flood damage can have another way to apply for federal assistance.

Borizov guilty on all counts in Darien triple murder

May 15 2013 | 5:37 am - More than three years ago, Jacob Nodarse broke into a home in an upscale Darien neighborhood armed with a .40-caliber Glock firearm and killed three members of the Kramer family. On Tuesday night, a DuPage County jury ruled that Johnny Borizov, one...

Specifics sought in DuPage IT contract-rigging case

May 13 2013 | 6:21 pm - Two of the three men charged in a contract-rigging scandal at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District have requested — and are expected to receive — a more detailed explanation of some of the charges they are facing. Attorneys...

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