List of newspapers in Illinois

This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.

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Daily newspapers[]

• The Beacon-News – Aurora
• Belleville News-Democrat – Belleville
• – Belvidere
• The Benton Evening News – Benton
• – Taylorville
• The Carmi Times – Carmi
• – Centralia
• The Chicago Defender – Chicago
• Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago
• Chicago Tribune – Chicago
• – Flora
• Commercial-News – Danville
• – Elgin
• Daily Chronicle – DeKalb
• – Sterling
• Daily Herald – Arlington Heights
• Daily Journal – Kankakee
• The Daily Leader – Pontiac
• The Daily Ledger – Canton
• – Lawrenceville
• The Daily Register – Harrisburg
• The Daily Republican – Marion
• – 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
• – 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
• – Mt. Vernon
• Mt. Vernon Register-News – Mt. Vernon
• Naperville Sun – Naperville
• The News-Gazette – Champaign
• – LaSalle
• Northwest Herald – Crystal Lake
• Olney Daily Mail – Olney
• The Pantagraph – Bloomington
• – Paris
• Pekin Daily Times – Pekin
• Quincy Herald-Whig – Quincy
• The Register-Mail – Galesburg
• – 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
• – Sidell
• The Southern Illinoisan – Carbondale
• Star Courier – Kewanee
• The State Journal-Register – Springfield
• The Telegraph – Alton
• – Dixon
• – 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
• – 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 and Brookfield
• – Skokie
• Wednesday Journal – Oak Park and River Forest
• Windy City Times – Chicago

DeWitt County[]

• The Clinton Journal – Clinton

DuPage County[]

• – Addison
• – Carol Stream
• – Downers Grove
• – Elmhurst
• – 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
• – Aurora
• – Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove
• – Geneva
• – Aurora

Kankakee County[]

• – Bourbonnais)^[18]

Kendall County[]

• – Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove, Plano

Knox County[]

• – Abingdon
• – Knox County
• The Register-Mail – Galesburg
• – Knox County

Lake County[]

• – Barrington
• – Grayslake (formerly the Lake County Journal)

LaSalle County[]

• – Streator

Lee County[]

• – Lee County

Macon County[]

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

Macoupin County[]

• Bunker Hill Gazette-News – Bunker Hill
• – Gillespie
• – Girard
• – Carlinville
• – Palmyra
• – Brighton
• – Staunton
• – Virden

Madison County[]

• AdVantage News^[20] – Alton
• – Highland
• – Worden
• The Madison / St. Clair Record – Edwardsville
• – Troy

Mason County[]

• – Havana

Massac County[]

• – Metropolis
• – Metropolis

McDonough County[]

• – Macomb

McHenry County[]

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

Menard County[]

• The Petersburg Observer – Petersburg

Mercer County[]

• – Aledo

Monroe County[]

• – Columbia
• – Waterloo

Montgomery County[]

• The Journal-News – Hillsboro
• – Nokomis

Moultrie County[]

• – Sullivan

Ogle County[]

• – Rochelle

Peoria County[]

• – Chillicothe

Piatt County[]

• The – Monticello

Pike County[]

• The Paper – Barry
• The – Pittsfield
• – Pittsfield

Pope County[]

• The – Golconda

Putnam County[]

• The – Granville

Richland County[]

• Olney Daily Mail – Olney

St. Clair County[]

• The Madison / St. Clair Record – Edwardsville

Sangamon County[]

• Illinois Times – Springfield
• The
• 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[]

• – Toulon

Tazewell County[]

• – Delavan

Union County[]

• – Anna

Warren County[]

• – Roseville

Washington County[]

• – Nashville
• The Okawville Times – Okawville

Whiteside County[]

• – Erie
• – Fulton
• – Prophetstown
• – Morrison

Will County[]

• The Frankfort Station – Frankfort
• The Homer Horizon – Homer Glen
• (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

Foreign-language newspapers[]

• Arbeiter-Zeitung – Chicago
• – Bulgarian
• Den Danske Pioneer (The Danish Pioneer) – Hoffman Estates (Danish)
• Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News) – Chicago (Polish)
• El Conquistador – Geneva (Spanish and English)
• (The Voice of the Nation) – Chicago
• – Chicago
• Naujienos (socialist newspaper) (Lithuanian Daily News) – Chicago
• (formerly ) – Berwyn
• – Chicago
• – Chicago
• – Ukrainian
• (Harmony) – Chicago

University and college newspapers[]

• – 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
• – 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[]

• – Chicago (German language)
• Arbeiter-Zeitung (1837–1931) – Chicago (German language)
• – Chicago
• Chicago Jewish Star (1991–2018) – Skokie
• (1899–?) – Dahlgren
• Daily Journal (Wheaton, Illinois) (1933–1992) – Wheaton
• – Bourbonnais^[25]
• Decatur Daily Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1891−1917) – Decatur^[26]
  • succeeded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur^[5]
  • Daily Republican (Hamsher & Calhoun, pub.; 1894−1899) – Decatur^[27]
    • Decatur Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1875−1894) – Decatur^[28]
      • The Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1872−1875) – Decatur^[29]
        • Daily Decatur Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1867−1872) – Decatur^[30]
    • Morning Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1888−1891) – Decatur^[31]
      • The Daily Review (W. J. Mize & Col., pub.; 1886−1888) – Decatur^[32]
        • Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1884−1886) – Decatur^[33]
          • The Decatur Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1883−1884) – Decatur^[34]
            • The Morning Review (S. S. Jack, pub.; 1881−1883) – Decatur^[35]
              • Decatur Daily Review (Wm. H. Bayne, pub.; 18??−1881) – Decatur^[36]
                • The Decatur Local Review (Alfred Wuensch, pub.; 1873−18??) – Decatur^[37]
• Decatur Weekly Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1877−1898) – Decatur^[38]
  • The Decatur Republican (Stanley & Mosser, pub; 1867−1877) – Decatur^[39]
• The Evening Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 18??−1???) – Decatur^[40]
  • Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1886−18??) – Decatur^[41]
    • Daily Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1885−1886) – Decatur^[42]
• Jewish Sentinel Or The Sentinel (1911-1996)^[43][44]
• The Express – Tallula^[45]
• Naujienos (socialist newspaper) – Chicago
• Skandinaven (1866–1941) – Chicago (Norwegian Language)
• – Gillespie
• The Voice of the Black Community (The Voice, pub.; 1968−1993) – Decatur^[46]
• Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) – Mt. Pulaski^[47]
  • Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1989−1997) – Mt. Pulaski^[48]
    • Mount Pulaski Weekly News (Weekly News, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[49]
      • Hometown Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[50]
        • Independent Free Press (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[51]
          • Weekly Merchant (1987−1987) – Mt. Pulaski^[52]
      • Times News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1961−1988) – Mt. Pulaski^[53]
        • Mt. Pulaski Times-News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1932−1961) – Mt. Pulaski^[54]
          • Mt. Pulaski Times (Smedley & Hansel, pub.; 190?−1932) – Mt. Pulaski^[55]
          • Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (S. Linn Reidler, pub.; 18??−1932) – Mt. Pulaski^[56]
    • The Prairie Post (Bob Wilson, pub.; 1958−1989) – Maroa^[57]
      • The Argenta Register (G. Huntoon, pub.; 1917−1958) – Argenta^[58]

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