Dane Placko
Dane Placko is a general assignment reporter at FOX 32 News and enjoys covering a variety of stories, from spot news to sports to features.
Placko was born in Chicago in the Rogers Park neighborhood. He moved with his family first to Arlington Heights and then Palatine, where he attended both Fremd and Palatine High Schools. He majored in history at the University of Illinois at Urbana, then began his career in broadcasting at WHO Radio and T.V. in Des Moines.
After a brief stop in Milwaukee, Placko returned home to Chicago and FOX 32 News in 1992, where he has received Emmy awards for spot news reporting and writing.
An avid gardener, Placko lives on the city's Northeast Side, and is best known among his colleagues as a long-suffering Cubs fan (not anymore, though!).
The latest from Dane Placko
Half of Northwestern’s dining halls close as food service workers walk off the job
Students at Northwestern University in Evanston pay some of the highest tuition in the country. And while their minds are being fed, their stomachs are going hungry—at least this week—as a strike has closed about half of the university’s cafeterias.
Six Flags Great America's 'Wrath of Rakshasa' promises the steepest, most inverted dive coaster in the world
Six Flags Great America is putting the final touches on its newest attraction—"Wrath of Rakshasa," a record-breaking dive roller coaster that park officials say will be the steepest and most inverted of its kind in the world.
Caitlin Tracey case: Husband arrested in Chicago on Michigan warrant
The husband of a woman found dead in a South Loop condo building was arrested for a warrant on previous domestic violence-related cases.
Saint Benedict’s fish fry feeds faith and community for 55 years
On the first Friday in the season of Lent, thousands of Chicago-area Catholics are experiencing a special meal. It’s fish fry season.
Milwaukee Avenue closure marks start of major Logan Square redesign
A major construction project began Thursday on Chicago’s Northwest Side, closing a section of Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square.
Nancy O'Sullivan: Cook County girl vanished in 1974, police renew effort to solve case
This week marks 51 years since Nancy O’Sullivan, a teenager from south suburban Homewood, vanished without a trace.
Fallen Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso honored on 2nd anniversary of his death
Exactly two years ago today, Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed while responding to a call for help.
Illinois jury nears deliberation in killing of Palestinian-American boy
Testimony has wrapped up in the Will County trial of Joseph Czuba, who is charged with the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadee Al Fayoumi.
Alcohol found at Chicago fire station on South Side, prompting investigation
The Chicago Fire Department has launched an internal investigation after alcohol was discovered inside a South Side firehouse.
Former Pullman workers reflect on park's impact 10 years later
Chicago’s only national park is celebrating a milestone this month.