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The stories that stick with us: Remembering a girl fighting for her lifeOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - The subject line of the 2014 email was "Thank you - from a former interviewee." The note began: "You might not remember …" But I did remember. How could I not? Sixteen ...
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The stories that stick with us: Through reporting we learn a lot about history, inequitiesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - In January 2012 it hit me - that year was the 40th anniversary of Title IX. Having reported on a Title IX lawsuit some 12 years earlier that changed the face of athletic...
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The stories that stick with us: A decadeslong commitment to telling diverse human storiesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Staying in touch with our communities is the lifeblood of the Daily Herald, and we showed a particularly thoughtful commitment to that goal years ago with a variety of i...
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The stories that stick with us: Baseball player leaves a lasting impressionOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the most unforgettable people I've written about through the years was a down-on-his-luck ballplayer I never met. When Don Bollweg of Wheaton died in the DuPage C...
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The stories that stick with us: The one story in 27 years that elicited a copy editor's tearsOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Over the course of my 27-year career in journalism, there have been hundreds of stories that made me angry. There have been hundreds that made me sad, hundreds that made...
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The stories that stick with us: Remembering a story that never was writtenOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Sometimes the best stories are the ones we never write. It was December 1992, Bill Clinton had just been elected president and I was a reporter about to be covering one...
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The stories that stick with us: When the front pages show the depth of life in the simplest packagesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - A big part of my job is making the Daily Herald's front pages, and I've made countless dramatic fronts: Presidential elections, bombings, fires, heroics, impeachments, c...
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The stories that stick with us: Tylenol murders: a big crime story with lasting impactOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the biggest stories of my nearly 43-year newspaper career started with an early morning phone call. I was one of the first — if not the first — reporters in the n...
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The stories that stick with us: Sharing a walk with a Vietnam vetOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Veterans marching to public cheers and salutes is a frequent occurrence these days. Not so when Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Craycroft returned home to Wheaton from his s...
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The stories that stick with us: How a victim of unthinkable tragedy prevailed over his darkest daysOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Tom Burleson had just about every excuse to give up in August 1999, after a drunken driver heading the wrong way on a McHenry County highway slammed into his family's va...