List of newspapers in Illinois

This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.

Daily newspapers

The Beacon-News – Aurora
Belleville News-Democrat – Belleville
Belvidere Daily Republican – Belvidere
The Benton Evening News – Benton
The Breeze-Courier – Taylorville
The Carmi Times – Carmi
Centralia Morning Sentinel – Centralia
The Chicago Defender – Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago
Chicago Tribune – Chicago
The Clay County Advocate-Press – Flora
Commercial-News – Danville
The Courier-News – Elgin
Daily Chronicle – DeKalb
Daily Gazette – Sterling
Daily Herald – Arlington Heights
Daily Journal – Kankakee
The Daily Leader – Pontiac
The Daily Ledger – Canton
Daily Record – Lawrenceville
The Daily Register – Harrisburg
The Daily Republican – Marion
Daily Republican Register – Mt. Carmel
Daily Review Atlas – Monmouth
Daily Southtown (was SouthtownStar) – Tinley Park
The Dispatch – Moline
Du Quoin Evening Call – Du Quoin
Edwardsville Intelligencer – Edwardsville
Effingham Daily News – Effingham
Herald & Review (Herald & Review, pub.; 1989− ) – Decatur^[1]
- The Decatur Herald & Review (Herald & Review, pub.; 1988−1989) – Decatur^[2]
  - The Herald & Review (Decatur Herald and Review, pub.; 1982−1988) – Decatur^[3]
    - The Morning Herald & Review (Decatur Herald and Review, pub.; 1980−1982) – Decatur^[4]
      - ?preceded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur^[5]
      - The Decatur Herald (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1899−1980) – Decatur^[6]
        Morning Herald-Dispatch (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1890−1899) – Decatur^[7]
        The Decatur Daily Despatch (W. F. Calhoun, pub.; 1889−189?) – Decatur^[8]
        The Decatur Morning Herald (Hostetler & Ela, pub.; 1880−1890) – Decatur^[9]
The Herald-News – Joliet
Journal-Courier – Jacksonville
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier – Mattoon
The Journal Standard – Freeport
Journal Star – Peoria
Kane County Chronicle – Geneva
Lake County News-Sun – Waukegan
Lincoln Courier – Lincoln
The McDonough County Voice – Macomb
Morris Daily Herald – Morris
Mt. Vernon Morning Sentinel – Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Register-News – Mt. Vernon
Naperville Sun – Naperville
The News-Gazette – Champaign
News-Tribune – LaSalle
Northwest Herald – Crystal Lake
Olney Daily Mail – Olney
The Pantagraph – Bloomington
Paris Beacon-News – Paris
Pekin Daily Times – Pekin
Quincy Herald-Whig – Quincy
The Register-Mail – Galesburg
Robinson Daily News – Robinson
The Rock Island Argus (Moline Dispatch Pub. Co., pub.; 1986− ) – Rock Island^[10]
- The Argus (J. W. Potter Co., pub.; 1971−1986) – Rock Island^[11]
  - The Rock Island Argus (J. W. Potter Co., pub; 1923−1971) – Rock Island^[12]
    - Milan Independent (Lewis Guldenzopf, pub.; 1902−1971) – Milan^[13]
      - Milan Weekly Independent (C. D. McLaughlin, pub.; 1902−1902) – Milan^[14]
    - The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union (J. W. Potter Co., pub.; 1920−1923) – Rock Island^[15]
Rockford Register Star – Rockford
Shelbyville Daily Union – Shelbyville
The Sidell Reporter – Sidell
The Southern Illinoisan – Carbondale
Star Courier – Kewanee
The State Journal-Register – Springfield
The Telegraph – Alton
The Telegraph – Dixon
The Times – Ottawa

Weekly and bi-weekly newspapers

Bond County

Greenville Advocate – Greenville

Boone County

The Boone County Journal – Belvidere

Bureau County

Bureau County Republican – Princeton
Indian Valley Chief – Tiskilwa

Calhoun County

Calhoun News Herald – Hardin

Carroll County

Carroll County Review – Thomson
Mount Carroll Mirror-Democrat – Mount Carroll
Prairie Advocate News – Lanark
Savanna Times Journal – Savanna

Cass County

Cass County Star-Gazette – Beardstown
La Estrella de Beardstown – Beardstown

Christian County

Morrisonville Times – Morrisonville
Pana News – Pana

Coles County

The Leader – Coles County

Cook County

Austin Weekly News – Oak Park
Berwyn Suburban Life – Berwyn and Cicero
Bridgeport News – Chicago
The Chicago Crusader – Chicago
The Chicago Jewish Home – Chicago
Chicago Jewish News – Skokie
Chicago Journal – Chicago
Chicago Reader – Chicago
Chicago Shimpo – Chicago
Desplaines Valley News – Summit
Forest Park Review – Forest Park
Greek Press – Chicago
Hyde Park Herald – South Side of Chicago, especially Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods
La Grange Suburban Life – La Grange
Lemont Suburban Life – Lemont
Oak Park Journal – Oak Park
The Reporter – Palos Heights
Riverside & Brookfield Suburban Life – Riverside and Brookfield
Riverside-Brookfield Landmark – Riverside and Brookfield
Skokie Review – Skokie
Wednesday Journal – Oak Park and River Forest
Windy City Times – Chicago

DeWitt County

The Clinton Journal – Clinton

DuPage County

Addison Suburban Life – Addison
Carol Stream Suburban Life – Carol Stream
Downers Grove Suburban Life – Downers Grove
Elmhurst Suburban Life – Elmhurst
Glen Ellyn Suburban Life – Glen Ellyn
Hinsdale Suburban Life – Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien and Oak Brook
Lisle Suburban Life – Lisle
Lombard Suburban Life – Lombard
Villa Park Suburban Life – Villa Park and Oakbrook Terrace
West Chicago Suburban Life – West Chicago, Warrenville and Winfield
Westmont Suburban Life – Westmont
Wheaton Suburban Life – Wheaton
Woodridge Suburban Life – Woodridge

Fayette County

Farina News – Farina
The Leader-Union – Vandalia
Ramsey News-Journal – Ramsey
St. Elmo Banner – St. Elmo
St. Elmo Devonian – St. Elmo

Fulton County

Astoria South Fulton Argus – Astoria
Fulton Democrat – Lewistown

Gallatin County

Gallatin Democrat – Shawneetown
Ridgway News – Ridgway

Greene County

Greene County Shopper^[16] – Carrollton
Greene Prairie Press – Carrollton

Hancock County

Augusta Eagle-Scribe – Augusta

Hardin County

Hardin County Independent – Elizabethtown

Henry County

Cambridge Chronicle – Cambridge
Geneseo Republic – Geneseo
Orion Gazette – Orion

Iroquois County

The Advocate – Clifton
Cissna Park News – Cissna Park
The Lone Tree Leader – Onarga

Jackson County

Carbondale Times – Carbondale
Murphysboro American – Murphysboro (ceased publications in summer 2015)

Jersey County

Jersey County Journal – Jerseyville
Jersey County Shopper^[17] – Jerseyville
Jersey County Star – Jerseyville

Johnson County

Vienna Times – Vienna

Kane County

Batavia Republican – Batavia
Fox Valley Labor News – Aurora
Fox Valley News Shopper – Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove
Geneva Republican – Geneva
The Voice – Aurora

Kankakee County

Country Herald – Bourbonnais)^[18]

Kendall County

Fox Valley News Shopper – Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove, Plano

Knox County

Abingdon/Avon Argus Sentinel – Abingdon
The Paper – Knox County
The Register-Mail – Galesburg
The Zephyr – Knox County

Lake County

Barrington Suburban Life – Barrington
Lake County Suburban Life – Grayslake (formerly the Lake County Journal)
The North Shore Weekend - North Shore

LaSalle County

The Streator Voice – Streator

Lee County

Sauk Valley Newspapers – Lee County

Macon County

African-American Voice (H.G. Livingston, pub.) – Decatur (succeeds The Voice of the Black Community, published in Springfield)^[19]
The Blue Mound Leader – Blue Mound
Decatur Tribune – Decatur

Macoupin County

Bunker Hill Gazette-News – Bunker Hill
Coal Country Times – Gillespie
Girard Gazette – Girard
Macoupin County Enquirer~Democrat – Carlinville
Northwestern News – Palmyra
Southwestern Journal – Brighton
Staunton Star Times – Staunton
Virden Recorder – Virden

Madison County

AdVantage News^[20] – Alton
Highland News Leader – Highland
Madison County Chronicle – Worden
The Madison / St. Clair Record – Edwardsville
Troy Tribune – Troy

Mason County

Mason County Democrat – Havana

Massac County

The Metropolis Planet – Metropolis
The Southern Scene – Metropolis

McDonough County

Macomb Eagle – Macomb

McHenry County

Sun Day^[21] – Huntley
My Huntley News -- Huntley

Menard County

The Petersburg Observer – Petersburg

Mercer County

The Times Record – Aledo

Monroe County

Monroe County Independent-News – Columbia
Republic-Times-News – Waterloo

Montgomery County

The Journal-News – Hillsboro
Nokomis Free Press-Progress – Nokomis

Moultrie County

News Progress – Sullivan

Ogle County

Rochelle News-Leader – Rochelle

Peoria County

Chillicothe Times-Bulletin – Chillicothe

Piatt County

The Journal Republican-Monticello – Monticello

Pike County

The Paper – Barry
The Pike County Express – Pittsfield
Pike Press – Pittsfield

Pope County

The Herald Enterprise – Golconda

Putnam County

The Putnam County Record – Granville

Richland County

Olney Daily Mail – Olney

St. Clair County

The Madison / St. Clair Record – Edwardsville

Sangamon County

Illinois Times – Springfield
The Sangamon Star
The Sentinel (Wilson Publications, pub.; 2004− ) – Illiopolis^[22]
- preceded by Illiopolis Sentinel (Frank J. Bell, pub.; 19??−2004) – Illiopolis^[23]
- preceded by Niantic-Harristown County Line Observer (Cindy Wilson, pub.; 2001−2004) – Illiopolis^[24]

Stark County

The Stark County News – Toulon

Tazewell County

Delavan Times – Delavan

Union County

Gazette-Democrat – Anna

Warren County

Roseville Independent – Roseville

Washington County

The Washington County News – Nashville^[25]

Whiteside County

Erie Review – Erie
Fulton Journal – Fulton
Prophetstown Echo – Prophetstown
Whiteside Sentinel – Morrison

Will County

The Frankfort Station – Frankfort
The Homer Horizon – Homer Glen
KSKJ Voice (formerly Amerikanski Slovenec; bi-monthly) – Joliet
The Mokena Messenger – Mokena
The New Lenox Patriot – New Lenox

Winnebago County

Rock River Times – Rockford

Monthly newspapers

Chicago Dispatcher – Chicago
The Marengo-Union Times – Marengo
The Nauvoo Honeybee – Nauvoo

Foreign-language newspapers

Arbeiter-Zeitung – Chicago
Bulgaria SEGA Newspaper (Hoffman Estates) - Est 2005 – Bulgarian
Den Danske Pioneer (The Danish Pioneer) – Hoffman Estates (Danish)
Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News) – Chicago (Polish)
El Conquistador – Geneva (Spanish and English)
Hlas Národa (The Voice of the Nation) – Chicago
Naród Polski – Chicago
Naujienos (socialist newspaper) (Lithuanian Daily News) – Chicago
Nedelni Hlasatel (formerly Denni Hlasatel) – Berwyn
Sonntagpost und Milwaukee deutsche Zeitung – Chicago
Svenska Amerikanaren Tribunen – Chicago
Ukrainske Slovo Newspaper (Hoffman Estates) - Est 2002 – Ukrainian

Vachakam Prevalent Malayali Newspaper (Naperville) - Est 2020 – South Indian

Zgoda (Harmony) – Chicago

University and college newspapers

The Bradley Scout – Bradley University
The Chicago Maroon – University of Chicago
The Columbia Chronicle – Columbia College Chicago
The Daily Eastern News – Eastern Illinois University
The Daily Egyptian – Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The Daily Illini – University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The Daily Northwestern – Northwestern University
The DePaulia – DePaul University
ICC Harbinger – Illinois Central College
The Lewis Flyer – Lewis University
Loyola Phoenix – Loyola University Chicago
The McKendree Review – McKendree University
Northern Star – Northern Illinois University
South Side Weekly – University of Chicago
The Stentor – Lake Forest College
The Vidette – Illinois State University
The Western Courier – Western Illinois University

Newspapers no longer published in Illinois

Draugas (The Friend) – formerly published in Chicago (Lithuanian language)

Defunct newspapers

Abendpost und Milwaukee deutsche Zeitung – Chicago (German language)
Arbeiter-Zeitung (1837–1931) – Chicago (German language)
Assyrian Guardian – Chicago
Champaign-Urbana Courier
Chicago Daily News (1875–1978)^[26]
The Chicago Day Book (1911–1917)^[27]
Chicago Democrat (1857)^[28]
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago Jewish Star (1991–2018) – Skokie
Chicago Press and Tribune (1857)^[29]
Chicago's American (1900-1939)^[30]
Chicago Times
Chicago Whip (1919–1939)
Commercial Bulletin (Troy)^[31]
Congregational Herald (Chicago) (1857)^[32]
Dahlgren Echo (1899–?) – Dahlgren
Daily Commercial Bulletin (Chicago)^[33]
Daily Journal (Wheaton, Illinois) (1933–1992) – Wheaton
Daily Worker (Chicago)
The Herald/Country Market – Bourbonnais^[34]
Decatur Daily Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1891−1917) – Decatur^[35]
- succeeded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur^[5]
- Daily Republican (Hamsher & Calhoun, pub.; 1894−1899) – Decatur^[36]
  - Decatur Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1875−1894) – Decatur^[37]
    - The Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1872−1875) – Decatur^[38]
      - Daily Decatur Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1867−1872) – Decatur^[39]
  - Morning Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1888−1891) – Decatur^[40]
    - The Daily Review (W. J. Mize & Col., pub.; 1886−1888) – Decatur^[41]
      - Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1884−1886) – Decatur^[42]
        The Decatur Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1883−1884) – Decatur^[43]
        The Morning Review (S. S. Jack, pub.; 1881−1883) – Decatur^[44]
        Decatur Daily Review (Wm. H. Bayne, pub.; 18??−1881) – Decatur^[45]
        The Decatur Local Review (Alfred Wuensch, pub.; 1873−18??) – Decatur^[46]
Decatur Weekly Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1877−1898) – Decatur^[47]
- The Decatur Republican (Stanley & Mosser, pub; 1867−1877) – Decatur^[48]
The Evening Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 18??−1???) – Decatur^[49]
- Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1886−18??) – Decatur^[50]
  - Daily Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1885−1886) – Decatur^[51]
Dziennik Narodowy (Chicago) (1899–1923)^[52]
Jewish Sentinel Or The Sentinel (1911-1996)^[53]^[54]
The Express – Tallula^[55]
Free West ^[56]
Idisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier (Chicago) (1887-194?)^[57]
Metro-East Journal (East St. Louis)^{[citation needed]}
The Northwestern Lumberman, Chicago
Naujienos (socialist newspaper) – Chicago
Pochodeň (Chicago) (1896–1899)^[58]
Post Amerikan (Bloomington-Normal)^{[citation needed]}
Skandinaven (1866–1941) – Chicago (Norwegian Language)
South County News – Gillespie
Springfield Republican-American ^{[citation needed]}
Telegraf (Chicago) (1892-19??)^[59]
The Union Signal (1883-2016) - Chicago, Evanston
The Voice of the Black Community (The Voice, pub.; 1968−1993) – Decatur^[60]
Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) – Mt. Pulaski^[61]
- Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1989−1997) – Mt. Pulaski^[62]
  - Mount Pulaski Weekly News (Weekly News, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[63]
    - Hometown Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[64]
      - Independent Free Press (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[65]
        Weekly Merchant (1987−1987) – Mt. Pulaski^[66]
    - Times News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1961−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[67]
      - Mt. Pulaski Times-News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1932−1961) – Mt. Pulaski^[68]
        Mt. Pulaski Times (Smedley & Hansel, pub.; 190?−1932) – Mt. Pulaski^[69]
        Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (S. Linn Reidler, pub.; 18??−1932) – Mt. Pulaski^[70]
  - The Prairie Post (Bob Wilson, pub.; 1958−1989) – Maroa^[71]
    - The Argenta Register (G. Huntoon, pub.; 1917−1958) – Argenta^[72]
Vorbote (Chicago) (1874–1924)^[73]
Western Citizen (Chicago) (1850s)^[56]

References

External links

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers at the Library of Congress
eCirc at the Audit Bureau of Circulations, provides circuluation figures based on latest FAS-FAX Report
Illinois Press Association
Terence A. Tanner Collection at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign

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List of newspapers in Illinois

Daily newspapers

Weekly and bi-weekly newspapers

Bond County

Boone County

Bureau County

Calhoun County

Carroll County

Cass County

Christian County

Coles County

Cook County

DeWitt County

DuPage County

Fayette County

Fulton County

Gallatin County

Greene County

Hancock County

Hardin County

Henry County

Iroquois County

Jackson County

Jersey County

Johnson County

Kane County

Kankakee County

Kendall County

Knox County

Lake County

LaSalle County

Lee County

Macon County

Macoupin County

Madison County

Mason County

Massac County

McDonough County

McHenry County

Menard County

Mercer County

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Moultrie County

Ogle County

Peoria County

Piatt County

Pike County

Pope County

Putnam County

Richland County

St. Clair County

Sangamon County

Stark County

Tazewell County

Union County

Warren County

Washington County

Whiteside County

Will County

Winnebago County

Monthly newspapers

Foreign-language newspapers

University and college newspapers

Newspapers no longer published in Illinois

Defunct newspapers

See also

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