List of newspapers in Illinois
Appearance
This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.
Daily newspapers
[edit]- The Beacon-News – Aurora
- Belleville News-Democrat – Belleville
- Belvidere Daily Republican – Belvidere
- The Benton Evening News – Benton
- The Breeze-Courier – Taylorville
- 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-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
- 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]
- 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
[edit]Bond County
[edit]- Greenville Advocate – Greenville
Boone County
[edit]- The Boone County Journal – Belvidere
Bureau County
[edit]Calhoun County
[edit]- Calhoun News Herald – Hardin
Carroll County
[edit]- Carroll County Review – Thomson
- Mount Carroll Mirror-Democrat – Mount Carroll
- Prairie Advocate News – Lanark
- Savanna Times Journal – Savanna
Cass County
[edit]- Cass County Star-Gazette – Beardstown
- La Estrella de Beardstown – Beardstown
Christian County
[edit]- Morrisonville Times – Morrisonville
- Pana News – Pana
Coles County
[edit]- The Leader – Coles County
Cook County
[edit]- 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
[edit]DuPage County
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Farina News – Farina
- The Leader-Union – Vandalia
- Ramsey News-Journal – Ramsey
- St. Elmo Banner – St. Elmo
- St. Elmo Devonian – St. Elmo
Fulton County
[edit]- Astoria South Fulton Argus – Astoria
- Fulton Democrat – Lewistown
Gallatin County
[edit]- Gallatin Democrat – Shawneetown
- Ridgway News – Ridgway
Greene County
[edit]- Greene County Shopper[16] – Carrollton
- Greene Prairie Press – Carrollton
Hancock County
[edit]- Augusta Eagle-Scribe – Augusta
Hardin County
[edit]- Hardin County Independent – Elizabethtown
Henry County
[edit]Iroquois County
[edit]- The Advocate – Clifton
- Cissna Park News – Cissna Park
- The Lone Tree Leader – Onarga
Jackson County
[edit]- Carbondale Times – Carbondale
- Murphysboro American – Murphysboro (ceased publications in summer 2015)
Jersey County
[edit]- Jersey County Journal – Jerseyville
- Jersey County Shopper[17] – Jerseyville
- Jersey County Star – Jerseyville
Johnson County
[edit]- Vienna Times – Vienna
Kane County
[edit]- 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
[edit]Kendall County
[edit]Knox County
[edit]- Abingdon/Avon Argus Sentinel – Abingdon
- The Paper – Knox County
- The Register-Mail – Galesburg
- The Zephyr – Knox County
Lake County
[edit]- Barrington Suburban Life – Barrington
- Lake County Suburban Life – Grayslake (formerly the Lake County Journal)
- The North Shore Weekend - North Shore
LaSalle County
[edit]Lee County
[edit]Macon County
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- AdVantage News[20] – Alton
- Highland News Leader – Highland
- Madison County Chronicle – Worden
- The Madison / St. Clair Record – Edwardsville
- Troy Tribune – Troy
Mason County
[edit]Massac County
[edit]McDonough County
[edit]McHenry County
[edit]- Sun Day[21] – Huntley
- My Huntley News -- Huntley
Menard County
[edit]Mercer County
[edit]Monroe County
[edit]Montgomery County
[edit]Moultrie County
[edit]Ogle County
[edit]Peoria County
[edit]Piatt County
[edit]Pike County
[edit]- The Paper – Barry
- The Pike County Express – Pittsfield
- Pike Press – Pittsfield
Pope County
[edit]- The Herald Enterprise – Golconda
Putnam County
[edit]Richland County
[edit]St. Clair County
[edit]Sangamon County
[edit]- Illinois Times – Springfield
- The Sangamon Star
- The Sentinel (Wilson Publications, pub.; 2004− ) – Illiopolis[22]
Stark County
[edit]Tazewell County
[edit]Union County
[edit]Warren County
[edit]Washington County
[edit]Whiteside County
[edit]- Erie Review – Erie
- Fulton Journal – Fulton
- Prophetstown Echo – Prophetstown
- Whiteside Sentinel – Morrison
Will County
[edit]- 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
[edit]Monthly newspapers
[edit]- Chicago Dispatcher – Chicago
- The Marengo-Union Times – Marengo
- The Nauvoo Honeybee – Nauvoo
Foreign-language newspapers
[edit]- 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
University and college newspapers
[edit]- 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
[edit]Defunct newspapers
[edit]- 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)
- East St. Louis Monitor (1963 to 2024)[34]
- The Herald/Country Market – Bourbonnais[35]
- Decatur Daily Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1891−1917) – Decatur[36]
- succeeded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur[5]
- Daily Republican (Hamsher & Calhoun, pub.; 1894−1899) – Decatur[37]
- Decatur Weekly Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1877−1898) – Decatur[48]
- The Decatur Republican (Stanley & Mosser, pub; 1867−1877) – Decatur[49]
- The Evening Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 18??−1???) – Decatur[50]
- Dziennik Narodowy (Chicago) (1899–1923)[53]
- Jewish Sentinel Or The Sentinel (1911-1996)[54][55]
- The Express – Tallula[56]
- Free West [57]
- Idisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier (Chicago) (1887-194?)[58]
- Metro-East Journal (East St. Louis)[citation needed]
- The Northwestern Lumberman, Chicago
- Naujienos (socialist newspaper) – Chicago
- Pochodeň (Chicago) (1896–1899)[59]
- 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??)[60]
- The Union Signal (1883-2016) - Chicago, Evanston
- The Voice of the Black Community (The Voice, pub.; 1968−1993) – Decatur[61]
- Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) – Mt. Pulaski[62]
- Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1989−1997) – Mt. Pulaski[63]
- Vorbote (Chicago) (1874–1924)[74]
- Western Citizen (Chicago) (1850s)[57]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "About The Decatur herald". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Morning herald-dispatch". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Decatur daily despatch". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Decatur morning herald". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Rock Island Argus". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Argus". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Rock Island Argus". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Milan independent". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Milan weekly independent". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Rock Island Argus and daily union". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Greene County Shopper
- ^ Jersey County Shopper
- ^ "Country Herald". Country Herald. Social Snowball LLC.
- ^ "About African-American voice". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ AdVantage News
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- ^ "About The sentinel". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Illiopolis sentinel". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Niantic-Harristown county line observer". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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- ^ "About Telegraf. (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "About The voice of the Black community [microform]". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Weekly Thursday news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Weekly news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Mount Pulaski weekly news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Hometown weekly news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Independent free press". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Weekly merchant". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Times news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Mt. Pulaski times-news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Mt. Pulaski times". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Mt. Pulaski weekly news". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Prairie post". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About The Argenta register". Chronicling America. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "About Vorbote. (Chicago, Ill.) 1874–1924". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- 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