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A field guide to safe food at festivalsJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
DUPAGE COUNTY—The summer is full of fairs and festivals and the DuPage County Health Department offers a few tips that will keep you and your family safe from foodborne illnesses while eating the many types of foods available at these events.
Father's Day Began at the YMCAJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
First celebrated in June 1910, at the Spokane YMCA in Washington, Father’s Day is now recognized all over the world.
Author’s bias should have been revealed Jun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
A Wheaton letter to the editor: On May 31, you published a “guest view” by Michael Saltsman, who looks nice and young, for a piece entitled “The Summer of Teenagers’ Discontent.” I read it about halfway through, until he started using fuzzy non sequitur logic to justify his position of not raising the minimum wage, and I looked to find out who he is.
Legislation targets mug shot-removal websitesJun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Websites that carry arrest booking photos would be banned from accepting money to remove them in Illinois under proposed legislation headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. Lawmakers say the measure aims to demonetize what they see as an “offensive” business model, which was the subject of a Daily Herald investigation in March.
Runners’ personal bests come from helping othersJun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
The times are a little slower and the burden a little heavier, but the mood is light and the spirit soars for the "angels" pushing children with disabilities during Wheaton's Run For The Stars 5-K.
St. Francis proudly takes home trophy Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
There’s one inning St. Francis would love to have back. Other than that, the Spartans wouldn’t trade a minute of this experience. Capping the finest season in the baseball program’s history, St. Francis fell 5-0 to Joliet Catholic in the Class 3A state championship game at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
Images from the IHSA Class 3A championship softball game Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Images from the IHSA Class 3A championship softball game between Glenbard South and Marquette at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria Saturday.
Glenbard South wins second straight titleJun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Jane Trzaska's experience and unflappable nature in the clutch, and Alexis Silkwood's unflinching belief that she can get any batter out. Those two endearing qualities of a competitor merged to make Glenbard South history. Trzaska took a Silkwood two-strike pitch the other way for a two-out triple to score Payton Carli, delivering Glenbard South past Alton Marquette 1-0 in eight innings in a tense Class 3A final at Eastside Centre in East Peoria and bringing a back-to-back state softball championship back to Glen Ellyn.
Images from the IHSA Class 3A third place and championship baseball games Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Images from the IHSA Class 3A third place and championship baseball games Saturday at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
Cross Country Bike Trip to Support Uganda ProjectJun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Next week, Hope Broecker, will be arriving on her bicycle en route on her cross country bike trip. Chicago is one stop of many, as she tries to raise awareness of a project her friend, Abi was going to support, before she was involved in a car accident in late 2012, and now suffers from sever traumatic brain injuries.
Exhibit tells stories of soldiers who served in Big Red One Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
“Faces of the 1st,” a summer exhibit at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, tells the stories of 17 soldiers who served with the division. Veterans profiled in the exhibit have served our nation in every major conflict since World War I. More than a year in the making, the free exhibit runs through Sept. 2.
GOP, not IRS, should be audited Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
A Wheaton letter to the editor: The Inspector General who conducted the audit of the IRS unit, whose job it is to review not-for-profit applications for validity, concluded in his audit report how difficult it is to discern a social welfare organization from a political advocacy group.
Dillard’s no friend of public workers Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
A Wheaton letter to the editor: On May 29, Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale was one of 16 state senators who voted in favor of SB1. The bill, cobbled together by Mike Madigan, blatantly disregarded the Illinois Constitution.
2012-2013 DuPage County Academic Team Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
They are the among the best and brightest students at DuPage County's high schools. The ten members of the 2012-2013 DuPage County Academic Team have worked hard to get stellar grades and test scores not only to better themselves but to help improve the world around them. “I know my mission is to give everyone an equal chance to receive the most up-to-date medical treatments, regardless of which profession I choose,” writes Alana Osterling of Downers Grove North.
Meet our 2012-13 Academic Team judges Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Twelve educators from around the suburbs make up the panel of 2012-2013 Daily Herald Academic Team judges.
DuPage County academic team honorable mentionsJun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
2012-2013 DuPage County academic team honorable mentions
St. Francis tackles tall task vs. Grayslake Central Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Playing small ball was St. Francis’s answer to the big problems Grayslake Central starter Jack Spicer presented, not the least of which was his intimidating 6-foot-6 frame. The Spartans pulled Spicer off the mound with a couple of bunts that would have been tough for any big pitcher to get to in Friday's Class 3A state semifinals. Tim Zettinger’s textbook bunt with one out set up a suicide squeeze that scored 2 runs in the fourth inning, and that wound up being a game-changer for St. Francis in a 6-3 victory over Grayslake Central.
Images: St. Charles East vs. Libertyville State Semifinal Baseball Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Images of IHSA State Baseball at Silver Cross Field in Joliet on Friday. Libertyville won 9-6 over St. Charles East in a Class 4A Semifinal matchup.The game's big blast was an Evan Skoug grand slam. Libertyville advances to play for the title Saturday.
In the clutch, it’s Taylor again for Glenbard SouthJun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Hannah Taylor is as cool, calm and even-keeled as a teen-aged kid comes. When you’re this clutch, what’s to worry about? The author of the game-winning hit in last year’s championship game, Taylor was in the middle of things again Friday. The Glenbard South senior singled in the go-ahead run, then crushed a two-run homer as the Raiders moved closer to a repeat title by beating Tinley Park 5-1 in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal at Eastside Centre.
Images: St. Charles East vs.Barrington State Semifinal Softball Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Images of IHSA State Softball at EastSide Centre in East Peoria on Friday. St. Charles East scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win 3-2 over Barrington in a Class 4A Semifinal matchup. St. Charles East advances to play in the title game Saturday.