This is a list of newspapers in Illinois.
Daily newspapersThis 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 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 – OttawaWeekly 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 ShopperGreene 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
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 NewsAdVantage 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 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