# List of newspapers in Illinois

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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
* 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
** The Decatur Herald & Review (Herald & Review, pub.; 1988−1989) – Decatur
*** The Herald & Review (Decatur Herald and Review, pub.; 1982−1988) – Decatur
**** The Morning Herald & Review (Decatur Herald and Review, pub.; 1980−1982) – Decatur
***** ?preceded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur
***** The Decatur Herald (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1899−1980) – Decatur
****** Morning Herald-Dispatch (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1890−1899) – Decatur
******* The Decatur Daily Despatch (W. F. Calhoun, pub.; 1889−189?) – Decatur
******* The Decatur Morning Herald (Hostetler & Ela, pub.; 1880−1890) – Decatur
* 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
** The Argus (J. W. Potter Co., pub.; 1971−1986) – Rock Island
*** The Rock Island Argus (J. W. Potter Co., pub; 1923−1971) – Rock Island
**** Milan Independent (Lewis Guldenzopf, pub.; 1902−1971) – Milan
***** Milan Weekly Independent (C. D. McLaughlin, pub.; 1902−1902) – Milan
**** The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union (J. W. Potter Co., pub.; 1920−1923) – Rock Island
* 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 – 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 – 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)

### 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)
* 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 – 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 – 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
** preceded by Illiopolis Sentinel (Frank J. Bell, pub.; 19??−2004) – Illiopolis
** preceded by Niantic-Harristown County Line Observer (Cindy Wilson, pub.; 2001−2004) – Illiopolis

### 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

### 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)
* The Chicago Day Book (1911–1917)
* Chicago Democrat (1857)
* Chicago Evening Post
* Chicago Inter Ocean
* Chicago Jewish Star (1991–2018) – Skokie
* Chicago Press and Tribune (1857)
* Chicago's American (1900-1939)
* Chicago Times
* Chicago Whip (1919–1939)
* Commercial Bulletin (Troy)
* Congregational Herald (Chicago) (1857)
* Dahlgren Echo (1899–?) – Dahlgren
* Daily Commercial Bulletin (Chicago)
* Daily Journal (Wheaton, Illinois) (1933–1992) – Wheaton
* Daily Worker (Chicago)
* East St. Louis Monitor (1963 to 2024)
* The Herald/Country Market – Bourbonnais
* Decatur Daily Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1891−1917) – Decatur
** succeeded by? Decatur Daily Review (1919−1980) – Decatur
** Daily Republican (Hamsher & Calhoun, pub.; 1894−1899) – Decatur
*** Decatur Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1875−1894) – Decatur
**** The Daily Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1872−1875) – Decatur
***** Daily Decatur Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1867−1872) – Decatur
*** Morning Review (Review Pub. Co., pub.; 1888−1891) – Decatur
**** The Daily Review (W. J. Mize & Col., pub.; 1886−1888) – Decatur
***** Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1884−1886) – Decatur
****** The Decatur Morning Review (Jack & Mize, pub.; 1883−1884) – Decatur
******* The Morning Review (S. S. Jack, pub.; 1881−1883) – Decatur
******** Decatur Daily Review (Wm. H. Bayne, pub.; 18??−1881) – Decatur
********* The Decatur Local Review (Alfred Wuensch, pub.; 1873−18??) – Decatur
* Decatur Weekly Republican (Hamsher & Mosser, pub.; 1877−1898) – Decatur
** The Decatur Republican (Stanley & Mosser, pub; 1867−1877) – Decatur
* The Evening Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 18??−1???) – Decatur
** Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1886−18??) – Decatur
*** Daily Labor Bulletin (John Lindsay & Co., pub.; 1885−1886) – Decatur
* Dziennik Narodowy (Chicago) (1899–1923)
* Jewish Sentinel Or The Sentinel (1911-1996)
* The Express – Tallula
* Free West
* Idisher ḳuryer : The Daily Jewish Courier (Chicago) (1887-194?)
* Metro-East Journal (East St. Louis)
* The Northwestern Lumberman, Chicago
* Naujienos (socialist newspaper) – Chicago
* Pochodeň (Chicago) (1896–1899)
* Post Amerikan (Bloomington-Normal)
* Skandinaven (1866–1941) – Chicago (Norwegian Language)
* South County News – Gillespie
* Springfield Republican-American
* Telegraf (Chicago) (1892-19??)
* The Union Signal (1883-2016) - Chicago, Evanston
* The Voice of the Black Community (The Voice, pub.; 1968−1993) – Decatur
* Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) – Mt. Pulaski
** Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1989−1997) – Mt. Pulaski
*** Mount Pulaski Weekly News (Weekly News, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski
**** Hometown Weekly News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski
***** Independent Free Press (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1988−1988) – Mt. Pulaski
****** Weekly Merchant (1987−1987) – Mt. Pulaski
**** Times News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1961−1988) – Mt. Pulaski
***** Mt. Pulaski Times-News (Harry J. Wible, pub.; 1932−1961) – Mt. Pulaski
****** Mt. Pulaski Times (Smedley & Hansel, pub.; 190?−1932) – Mt. Pulaski
****** Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (S. Linn Reidler, pub.; 18??−1932) – Mt. Pulaski
*** The Prairie Post (Bob Wilson, pub.; 1958−1989) – Maroa
**** The Argenta Register (G. Huntoon, pub.; 1917−1958) – Argenta
* Vorbote (Chicago) (1874–1924)
* Western Citizen (Chicago) (1850s)