Jim Davis
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Town shuts down; school boss quits; horse racing banAug 10, 2014 1:00 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, shamelessly stolen from the S...
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Never too late to enter our fave letters sweepstakesJul 26, 2014 11:00 pm - What do the following have in common: 1. Someone politely pointing out there was a spot for a disabled veteran to watch the Glen Ellyn Fourth of July parade. 2. Someone ...
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Heroic cabbie, oil change guys and CODJul 20, 2014 1:00 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, shamelessly stolen from th...
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Survey says: Naperville snobbish, New Lenox boringJun 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Imagine my shock and dismay. While on my first cup of coffee, I received a text message from my sister. Naperville, the town we grew up in, had been decreed the fourth-s...
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Route 31-72 intersection work finishedJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - On time and after six months of congestion-causing construction, the widening of the intersection at Routes 31 and 72 in West Dundee was declared finished Wednesday. Som...
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Semi-iconic Route 59 full of traffic talesJun 14, 2014 11:00 pm - As my late father grew in years, he became a little more ... quirky. One of those quirks involved Route 59, where we often found a restaurant to meet for dinner more tha...
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Despite troubling news, there's plenty to inspireJun 08, 2014 5:00 am - It was a very newsy Page 1 on Thursday. But the news wasn't exactly uplifting: an interview with an angry stepdad of a Bartlett soldier killed perhaps while trying to fi...
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Digital age makes for 'dream quinceanera'Jun 01, 2014 5:00 am - It was an old-fashioned, heartwarming story made possible by the digital age. Brandy Huerta's message came to us via the Daily Herald Facebook page. In it, the Carpenter...
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Wheaton family still sees 'hope' despite son's fatal heroin overdoseMay 25, 2014 5:01 am - Only two weeks after her 19-year-old son died from a heroin overdose, his mother sent an email titled "A story that needs to be heard" to prep sports writer Dave Oberhel...
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Fittest Loser contest helps us move the needleMay 18, 2014 5:01 am - That was an eye-catching lead staff writer Jessica Cilella wrote about the South Elgin man who won our Fittest Loser contest. John Bohanek, she noted, "regularly fell vi...