Illinois Newspapers

Home to Chicago, one of the largest cities in the U.S., Illinois is a center of commerce, culture, and news. The Chicago Tribune is a leading newspaper, covering everything from the local music scene to city politics. Suburban and county publications further enrich Illinois' news landscape. The Aurora Beacon-News, Daily Chronicle-Delkalb County, Daisy Southtown-Chicagoland, Elgin Courier News, Kane County Chronicle, Lake County News-Sun, Morris Herald-News-Grundy County, Naperville Sun, Northwest Herald-McHenry County, Quincy Herald-Whig, and The Herald-News-Will County offer localized coverage.

These publications make Illinois' media environment one of the most comprehensive in the Land of Lincoln, serving as critical sources of information for both city dwellers and suburban communities alike.

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Belleville News-Democrat

The Belleville News-Democratic is a daily newspaper in Belleville, Illinois. The Belleville News-Democratic has been published for the last 150 years. It is currently owned by The McClatchy Company, owned by Jay Tebbe, and edited by Jeffry Couch. It was founded back in 1858 as the Weekly Democrat. It was merged with the Belleville News to become the Belleville News-Democrat. The Belleville News-Democrat has been features on the television programs 60 Minutes, Dateline and Nightline, as an example of investigative reporting. In 2003, an article in Editor & Publisher called the News-Democrat on of “ten newspapers that do it right.” The Belleville News-Democratic is a frequent winner in state and regional journalism awards and is the only newspaper in Illinois or Missouri to grow a net paid circulation for ten years in a row. The daily circulation is 53,967 and the Sunday circulation is 64,282. Headquarters are located at 120 South Illinois Street Belleville, Illinois 62220-2130.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of Wrapports LLC and its Sun-Times Media Group subsidiary. The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. It began in 1844 as the Chicago Evening Journal. The modern paper grew out of the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun, founded in 1941 by Marshall Field III, and the Chicago Daily Times. The newspaper was owned by Field Enterprises, controlled by the Marshall Field family, which would acquire the afternoon Chicago Daily News in 1959 and launch WFLD television in 1966.

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Daily Chronicle-Dekalb County

The Daily Chronicle, a division of Shaw Media, is the only local daily newspaper serving DeKalb County. Recognized by the Illinois Press Association for its commitment to excellence, the Daily Chronicle was named best newspaper in its division three years in a row. The Daily Chronicle is published Monday-Saturday.

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Daily Herald - Chicagoland

The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper printed in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The newspaper is distributed in the northern, northwestern and western suburbs of Chicago. The paper started in 1871 and is independently owned and run by the Paddock family. The paper's longtime slogan has been "To fear God, tell the truth and make money."

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Kane County Chronicle

Kane County Chronicle is a daily newspaper serving Kane County, Illinois. The Chronicle distributes to central Kane County, located in the Fox Valley region of Illinois, about 40 miles west of Chicago. Samuel W. Durant established the Valley Chronicle in 1881. In 1989, B.F. Shaw Printing Company acquired the Chronicle. They were the fourth oldest continuously owned and operated family newspaper company in the nation. In 1990, the Chronicle's four semi-weekly papers, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and Elburn, merged into one edition with the name changed to the Kane County Chronicle. Up until 1991, the paper had been published twice a week on Wednesday and Friday. In 1991, it began printing five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday. The General Manager is Jim Ringness and the editor is Kathy Gresey. Headquarters are location in Saint Charles, Illinois.

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Morris Herald-News-Grundy County

Founded in 1880, the Morris Herald-News, a division of Shaw Media, is published Sunday-Friday. The Morris Herald-News is the only daily newspaper serving Grundy County. In four consecutive years from 2006-2009, the Morris Herald-News was recognized as the best daily newspaper in its division by the Illinois Press Association.

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Northwest Herald-McHenry County

The Northwest Herald is a daily newspaper published in Crystal Lake, Illinois that covers the areas of McHenry County and northern Kane County in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. The Northwest Herald is owed by Shaw Media which includes the The Herald-News, Kane County Chronicle, Daily Chronicle and Morris Herald-News.

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Peoria Journal Star

The Journal Star is the major daily newspaper for Peoria, Illinois and surrounding area. First owned locally, then employee-owned, it became Copley-owned in 1996. In 1944, the Journal and Transcript and their rival Star combined presses as Peoria Newspapers Inc. with the Star as a morning paper and the Journal-Transcript as an afternoon paper. Once the agreement was reached, both the morning and afternoon papers immediately changed their names to the Journal Star. In 2007, the paper was sold to New York-based GateHouse Media and published by Ken Mauser. The Journal Star is the highest circulation downstate Illinois newspaper and the fourth highest circulation Illinois newspaper. As of September 2006, the Journal Star was the 136th largest newspaper in the United States. It has a daily circulation of 63,024, a Saturday circulation 64,078, and a 72,607 on Sundays. Headquarters are located at 1 News Plaza Peoria, Illinois 61643.

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Quincy Herald-Whig

The Quincy Newspapers, Inc. (QNI) history can be traced back to 1835, when the Bounty Land Register was one of only four newspapers in all of Illinois. Over the next century, a number of mergers followed. In 1935, the Quincy Herald-Whig emerged, and it still operates under that name today. The company moved into radio in 1947 and began television broadcasts in 1953. This is a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of Quincy, Illinois.

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The Herald-News- Will County

The Herald-News, a division of Shaw Media, has roots in the Joliet area going back to 1877, when the Joliet News was first published. The Joliet Herald began in 1904, and the two were merged by Col. Ira C. Copley in 1915 to create The Herald-News. The Herald-News is published Sunday-Friday serving Will County.