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Neighbors: Wanting to see changes in neighborhood drew new alderman Speed into politics David Blanchette, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Jacksonville Ward 1 Alderman Darcella Speed entered politics with the intention of seeing changes take place in her neighborhood. David Blanchette | Journal-CourierShow MoreShow Less 2of3 3of3 Jacksonville’s new Ward 1 alderman wants things in her neighborhood to be different.  “I’m really involved with the community and I was just noticing that in my area nothing seems to change, it’s always the same,” Darcella Speed said. “We real...

TUPELO • Chad Mims on Tuesday night won the Republican nomination in the Ward 1 runoff election, bringing an end to a hotly contested GOP primary. Mims, a 43-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative, defeated Amanda Angle, an accountant. Uncertified but complete election day results gathered from local polling precincts and absentee ballots show that Mims received 51.1% of the votes to 48.9% for Angle. Mims campaigned on looking at potential ideas to improve public safety in neighborhoods, working to improve the golf course at the Bel Air Center and exploring quality of life proje...

Jacksonville's citywide yard sale making a comeback Rochelle Eiselt, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail The citywide yard sale is returning after over a year hiatus next month.  Last year due to the pandemic, the yard sale did not happen as yard sale organizer and Ward 1 Alderman Eren Williams  said.  She said she didn’t think it would be responsible. Many people traveled from different places like Missouri and it just wasn’t right time to hold the event, she said.  This is the second one that’s ever happened. The first one was back in 2019.  The idea to do a yard sale in Jackso...

Rabbi recalls attack outside Yale's Chabad House Brian Zahn FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The Chabad House at Yale University is dedicated on Lynwood Place in New Haven in 2013.Journal Register Co.Show MoreShow Less 2of3 New Haven Alder Eli Sabin, D-1, on Jan. 21, 2020.Brian Zahn / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 NEW HAVEN — Though he received several blows to the head, Rabbi Shua Rosenstein said things could have been much worse. “I survived it because I’m healthy and young, relatively, but if they’d done this to an older person I don’t think they could have survived t...

Watch the interview with a candidate for Lombard Trustee District 1   Updated 3/7/2021 5:18 PM Watch one of the candidates for Lombard Trustee District 1 take part in an interview with a representative of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. The interview with candidate Brian LaVaque was recorded on Zoom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Candidate Bradley Hanewall did not participate.   The election takes place on April 6. In-person early voting with paper ballots is available at the DuPage County Fairgrounds Building 5, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. In-person early voting with touch-screen...