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. Today, the
Daily Heralds motto is, "Big Picture, Local Focus" because it covers both international and national news as well as news local to its circulation area. The
Daily Herald was made partially employee-owned in 1972, but the Paddock family transferred their interest to the paper's employee stock ownership plan in 2018 as part of their effort to ensure the paper remains locally owned. == See also ==