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Illinois Times – Springfield; The Sangamon Star; The Sentinel ... – Decatur [61] Weekly Thursday News (Michael Lakin, pub.; 1997−1997) – Mt. Pulaski [62]
The Rev. Alfred F. Wuensch founded the Decatur Review as a weekly newspaper in April 1872. [7] C.N. Walls founded the Daily Herald in 1878. In 1931, the morning Herald, by this time owned by the Lindsay family, and the evening, daily, Decatur Daily Review, owned by the Schaub family, merged their operations.
The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ minimum wage is set to go up to $15 an hour beginning Jan. 1. Tipped wages will go to $9 an hour. Some want that to be abolished and for tipped workers to get ...
Illinois Eagle's first brick-and-mortar location at 1135 W. Governor St. is seen Monday, April 29, 2024, in Springfield.
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In December, 1969, Paul Osborne purchased the newspaper from Dr. V.W. Powell [3] who had founded it one year earlier. [4] [5] It is a member of the Illinois Press Association and the Southern Illinois Editorial Association. The newspaper is a subscription publication, published once a week on Wednesday and distributed through the USPS and online.
Nov. 18—Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion announced Friday evening that he found reason to believe policies were violated when one of his officers shot and killed Steve Perkins on Sept. 29. A ...