List of newspapers in Illinois

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This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.

Daily newspapers

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:This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Illinois, USA. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Illinois.</includeonly>

• 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
• Community News Brief – Macomb
• 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 – Tinley Park
• The Dispatch – Moline
• Du Quoin Evening Call – Du Quoin
• Edwardsville Intelligencer – Edwardsville
• Effingham Daily News – Effingham
• Herald & Review – 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 – 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<noinclude>

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 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
• South Side Weekly – Chicago
• 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

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
• Hancock County Quill – La Harpe

Hardin County

• Hardin County Independent – Elizabethtown

Henderson County

• Henderson County Quill – [[Stronghurst, Illinois|

Stronghurst]]

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 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 &ndash; Chicago
• The Marengo-Union Times &ndash; Marengo
• The Nauvoo Honeybee &ndash; 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
• 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)