https://www.illinoispress.org/Home.aspxhttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3168/A-change-on-our-editorial-page.aspxWed, 08 Apr 2026 18:28:00 GMTWell, here's a change at Wednesday Journal that we've talked about for a couple of years and is now going to happen as we've moved into the NEWSWELL orbit. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3155/Your-stories-our-mission-Celebrating-35-years-of-community.aspxFri, 03 Apr 2026 15:18:00 GMTThe El Paso Journal is first and foremost a community paper, celebrating and concentrating on all things local - and that has not changed since the first issue dated March 20, 1991. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3154/New-website-now-available-for-Times-Commoner.aspxFri, 03 Apr 2026 15:09:00 GMTSALEM — The Salem Times-Commoner has an updated look online, with the newspaper's new website launching late last week. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3153/3-Whiteside-County-weeklies-to-merge-into-one-publication.aspxFri, 03 Apr 2026 14:46:00 GMTOn April 7, three of our weekly Whiteside County publications — the Fulton Journal, Whiteside News Sentinel, and the Prophetstown Echo — will merge into one publication, which will carry the Whiteside News name. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3152/Rock-Valley-Publishing-transfers-DuPage-County-newspapers-to-ORourke-Media-Group.aspxFri, 03 Apr 2026 14:18:00 GMTRock Valley Publishing has announced the transfer of ownership of its DuPage County newspapers to O'Rourke Media Group, marking a new chapter in the publications' 68 year history. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3150/Tribune-article-not-defamatory.aspxThu, 26 Mar 2026 16:39:00 GMTNorthwestern University's former baseball coach cannot pursue a lawsuit alleging that a Chicago Tribune article defamed him and cost him his job, a state appellate panel held. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3145/A-piece-of-Dixon-history-B-F-Shaw-and-the-beginnings-of-The-Telegraph.aspxWed, 25 Mar 2026 20:49:00 GMTEditor's Note: This article commemorates the 175th anniversary of Shaw Local in 2026. Contrary to some reports, Benjamin Flower Shaw was not involved with the Dixon Telegraph when it first came off the press on May 1, 1851. At that time, Shaw had been working in Rock Island since 1847, learning the printing and newspaper business with the Rock Island Advertiser. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3144/Breeze-Courier-debuts-new-website.aspxWed, 25 Mar 2026 20:42:00 GMTTAYLORVILLE — If you headed over to our website this morning to get your daily dose of local news, you might have noticed that things look a little different. That is because the Breeze-Courier has debuted a new website. We are still dedicated to bringing everyone the latest news and the best stories, just with some new features and an updated layout. While there will be some wrinkles that need to be ironed out in the coming days, we want to walk everyone through our new website. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3126/Mt-Olive-Academic-Foundation-Helps-School-Newspaper.aspxTue, 03 Mar 2026 22:46:00 GMTOn a foggy Thursday morning, Mt. Olive Academic Foundation President, Roger Kratochvil, presented a check for $1,500 to English teacher and school newspaper sponsor, Dan Lesko, to help pay for the school newspaper to be printed in the Mt. Olive Herald. It is printed the nine months of the school year on the last Thursday of the month. Read more

]]>Newspaper Newshttps://www.illinoispress.org/Home/tabid/105/ArticleID/3125/We-Present-The-137th-Pink-Press.aspxTue, 03 Mar 2026 22:43:00 GMTIt is with pride that your publishers present the 137th annual Pink Press. Read more

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