Jim Davis
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How heroin series led to mental health projectMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Inspiration to launch an in-depth project on mental health crystallized for Marie Wilson while covering a heroin forum in Naperville. A counselor at Linden Oaks Behavior...
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Timing critical for this Pulitzer Prize nomineeMay 03, 2015 5:00 am -
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No Pulitzer for heroin coverage, but these reporters truly are prizedApr 26, 2015 1:00 am - Alas, we did not win the 2015 Pulitzer Prize. The most prestigious award in journalism this past week went to the Los Angeles Times for stories about California's massiv...
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Election anomalies from Hinsdale to Elgin to Grass LakeApr 12, 2015 1:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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Davis: Bobcat scratch fever? Not for a while, it seems.Apr 04, 2015 11:00 pm - I didn't realize we had a bobcat controversy until I saw a pitch to our editorial board, asking us to oppose a bill that would legalize the hunting of bobcats for the fi...
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Mayor: Aurora alderman should resign after theft convictionMar 30, 2015 1:00 am - Citing a 2013 shoplifting conviction, Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner is calling for the resignation of an Aurora alderman. Weisner said he recently discovered Ward 10 Alderman...
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Saddest stories also can be the most importantMar 15, 2015 1:00 am - If there is one story I'd hope we'd never have to cover again, it's this: The deaths of children. Murder is an incomprehensible reason, but it can be just as unbearable ...
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21 of 22 right on 3rd-grade test tells us a lotMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - I correctly answered 21 of 22 questions. On a test for third-graders. However, I think I made up for it on the essay portion, which wasn't graded in the online practice ...
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Trooper rehab longer than trucker sentenceFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - The attorney for trucker Renato Velasquez put it well: "This case has no winners. It was just a tragedy." But the wife of severely injured state trooper Douglas Balder p...
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Should election process join 21st Century?Jan 18, 2015 12:01 am - This is the part of being a newspaperperson that probably no one relishes. Candidates who want to be your local mayors, city council/village board members or serve on yo...