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 – Belleville
• The Benton Evening News – Benton
• The Breeze-Courier – Taylorville
• The Carmi Times – Carmi
• Centralia Morning Sentinel – Centralia
• Chicago Defender – Chicago
• Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago
• Chicago Tribune – Chicago
• The Clay County Advocate-Press – Flora
• Commercial-News – Danville
• The Courier-News – Elgin
• Daily American – West Frankfort
• Daily Chronicle – DeKalb
• Daily Gazette – Sterling
• Daily Herald – Arlington Heights
• The 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
• 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
• McLeansboro Times-Leader – McLeansboro
• Moline Daily Dispatch – Moline
• Morris Daily Herald – Morris
• Mt. Vernon Register-News – Mt. Vernon
• Mt. Vernon Morning Sentinel – 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
• SouthtownStar (was Daily Southtown) – Tinley Park
• Star Courier – Kewanee
• The State Journal-Register – Springfield
• The Telegraph – Alton
• The Telegraph – Dixon
• The Times – Ottawa

Weekly and bi-weekly newspapers

Monthly newspapers

• Chicago Dispatcher – Chicago
• The Marengo-Union Times – Marengo

Foreign-language newspapers

• Arbeiter-Zeitung_(Chicago) - Chicago
• 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
• Zgoda (Harmony) – Chicago

University and college newspapers

• The Bradley Scout – Bradley University
• The Chicago Maroon – University of Chicago
• Chicago Weekly – University of Chicago
• The Columbia Chronicle – Columbia College Chicago
• The Daily Eastern News – Eastern Illinois University
• Daily Egyptian – Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• Daily Illini – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• The Daily Northwestern – Northwestern University
• The Daily Vidette – Illinois State 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
• The Stentor – Lake Forest College
• 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 – Chicago (German language)
• Assyrian Guardian – Chicago
• Dahlgren Echo — Dahlgren
• Daily Journal (Wheaton, Illinois) - Wheaton
• Decatur Daily Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1891−1917) — Decatur^[20]
  • succeeded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) — Decatur^[5]
  • Daily Republican (Hamsher & Calhoun, pub.; 1894−1899) — Decatur^[21]
    • Decatur Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1875−1894) — Decatur^[22]
      • The Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1872−1875) — Decatur^[23]
        • Daily Decatur Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1867−1872) — Decatur^[24]
    • Morning Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1888−1891) — Decatur^[25]
      • The Daily Review (W. J. Mize & Col., pub.; 1886−1888) — Decatur^[26]
        • Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1884−1886) — Decatur^[27]
          • The Decatur Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1883−1884) — Decatur^[28]
            • The Morning Review (S. S. Jack, pub.; 1881−1883) — Decatur^[29]
              • Decatur Daily Review (Wm. H. Bayne, pub.; 18??−1881) — Decatur^[30]
                • The Decatur Local Review (Alfred Wuensch, pub.; 1873−18??) — Decatur^[31]
• Decatur Weekly Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1877−1898) — Decatur^[32]
  • The Decatur Republican (Stanley & Mosser, pub; 1867−1877) — Decatur^[33]
• The Evening Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 18??−1???) — Decatur^[34]
  • Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1886−18??) — Decatur^[35]
    • Daily Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1885−1886) — Decatur^[36]
• Naujienos (socialist newspaper) – Chicago
• Skandinaven – Chicago (Norwegian Language)
• South County News — Gillespie
• The Voice of the Black Community (The Voice, pub.; 1968−1993) — Decatur^[37]
• Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) — Mt. Pulaski^[38]
  • Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1989−1997) — Mt. Pulaski^[39]
    • Mount Pulaski Weekly News (Weekly News, pub.; 1988−1988) — Mt. Pulaski^[40]
      • Hometown Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) — Mt. Pulaski^[41]
        • Independent Free Press (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) — Mt. Pulaski^[42]
          • Weekly Merchant (1987−1987) — Mt. Pulaski^[43]
      • Times News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1961−1988) — Mt. Pulaski^[44]
        • Mt. Pulaski Times-News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1932−1961) — Mt. Pulaski^[45]
          • Mt. Pulaski Times (Smedley & Hansel, pub.; 190?−1932) — Mt. Pulaski^[46]
          • Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (S. Linn Reidler, pub.; 18??−1932) — Mt. Pulaski^[47]
    • The Prairie Post (Bob Wilson, pub.; 1958−1989) — Maroa^[48]
      • The Argenta Register (G. Huntoon, pub.; 1917−1958) — Argenta^[49]

See also

• Illinois Newspaper Project
• Newspapers of the Chicago metropolitan area

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