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• Man accused of murdering mother in Burr Ridge

  By Susan Sarkauskas

  Feb 24, 2025 2:10 pm - A Burr Ridge man has been charged with first-degree murder, accused of attacking his mother with a small sledgehammer.
• Three of four accused in theft of high-end SUV, high-speed chase detained in DuPage County

  By Eric Peterson

  Feb 22, 2025 5:06 pm - Three of four young persons accused of involvement with the theft of a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed chase earlier this month were ordered to be kept detained in DuPage County Saturday as they await trial.
• Hot bird news: Unusual sightings, loons coming soon and more

  By Jeff Reiter

  Feb 18, 2025 6:14 am - Birding columnist Jeff Reiter recaps recent rare bird sightings in Illinois and neighboring states, advises on best places to see spring migrations, and gives updates on bird conservation efforts and events.
• As drownings rise, DuPage County to offer free swim lessons for kids

  Feb 12, 2025 6:56 pm - A DuPage County initiative aims to prevent childhood drownings by teaching 3-5-year-olds critical water survival skills like floating, propelling forward, and exiting water.
• Henry Hyde’s name will be removed from courthouse in DuPage County

  By Alicia Fabbre

  Feb 11, 2025 11:48 am - DuPage County Board members voted on Tuesday to strip the late Congressman Henry Hyde’s name from the courthouse in Wheaton.
• DuPage County Board resolution would remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse

  By Steve Zalusky

  Feb 09, 2025 5:28 pm - A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would to remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor.
• Three Fires Council adopts Scouting America name change

  By Rachael Ruiz, Three Fires Co

The Arlington Heights –based Daily Herald started in 1872 as the Cook County Herald, a weekly devoted to agricultural news and the business needs of northwestern county residents. In 1889, Hosea C. Paddock bought the newspaper for $175, printing half in German for immigrant farmers.

Stuart R. and Charles Paddock, Sr., Hosea's sons, took control in 1920, renaming it the Arlington Heights Herald in 1926. It prospered with the suburban settlements growing along the Chicago & North Western's northwest line. By the end of World War II, its circulation surpassed 10,000, as the Herald championed the development of Chicago's northwestern suburbs.

As population followed the four-lane highways from the city, the Herald became a triweekly in 1967. A third generation of Paddocks asserted control in 1968, adding national and international news and making the paper a daily in 1969. The Daily Herald, as it was renamed in 1977, remains the flagship of family-owned Paddock Publications, Inc.

The Daily Herald expanded into Lake and DuPage Counties in the 1980s and Kane and McHenry Counties during the 1990s. As its circulation climbed to 130,000, the publishers added news about Chicago, arts, and entertainment and initiated an unsuccessful antitrust lawsuit against the two Chicago dailies. It continues to be an important newspaper presence in the lucrative northwest suburban market.

Richard Junger

Bibliography

Allen, Jim. “Newspaper Picks Up Speed to Keep Pace with Suburbs.” Daily Herald, May 9, 1998.

Kennedy, Kristy. “From $175 to Driving Force in the Community.” Daily Herald, October 12, 1997.

Daily newspaper in the US

The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The newspaper is distributed in the northern, northwestern and western suburbs of Chicago. It is the namesake of the Daily Herald Media Group, and through it is the leading subsidiary of Paddock Publications.

The paper started in 1871 and was independently owned and run by four generations of the Paddock family. In 2018, the Paddock family sold its stake in the paper to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan.

Areas of circulation

The Daily Herald serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties and has a coverage area of about 1,300 square miles (3,400 km). It is the third-largest newspaper in Illinois (behind the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times).

History

The Daily Herald was founded in 1872 as the Cook County Herald. It was initially tailored to the business needs of the then-rural northwestern portion of Cook County. Hosea C. Paddock, a former teacher, bought the newspaper in 1889 for $175. His sons, Stuart and Charles, took over the paper in 1920 and renamed it the Arlington Heights Herald in 1926. For its first century, it was a weekly publication.

In 1898, Hosea Paddock bought the Palatine Enterprise. Over the years, the Paddocks bought newspapers in Mount Prospect, Bensenville, Roselle and Wheeling. The Daily Herald counts 1898 as its founding date.

The paper grew along with northwestern Cook County after World War II, as four-lane highways and the expansion of the Chicago & North Western's commuter rail line in the northwest suburbs (now the Union Pacific/Northwest Line) turned it into a suburban area. It became a tri-weekly in 1967.

The paper's real growth began in 1968, when Stuart Paddock Jr. took over the paper. A year later, the paper began publishi