List of newspapers in Illinois

This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.

Daily newspapers

 * This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Illinois, USA. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Illinois.


 * The Beacon-News – Aurora
 * Belleville News-Democrat – Belleville
 * Belvidere Daily Republican – Belvidere
 * The Benton Evening News – Benton
 * The Breeze-Courier – Taylorville
 * The Carmi Times – Carmi
 * 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
 * Mt. Vernon Register-News – 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

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)
 * 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)