Illinois Newspapers Online

Daily papers from Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, Rockford and downstate

10 newspapers · 2 sections

Chicago remains a two-paper town, with the Tribune and the nonprofit-owned Sun-Times still fighting for the city's front page. Downstate, dailies in Springfield, Peoria, Rockford and Champaign cover the capital and the prairie heartland.

Major Metro Dailies

Chicago TribuneEN

The Midwest's most decorated newspaper, founded 1847

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Chicago Sun-TimesEN

Chicago's nonprofit-owned tabloid daily

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Daily HeraldEN

Suburban Chicago's largest daily newspaper

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Crain's Chicago BusinessEN

Chicago's business weekly for deals and real estate

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Regional & Local Newspapers

The State Journal-RegisterEN

Springfield daily covering the Illinois capital

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Journal StarEN

Peoria's daily newspaper for central Illinois

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Rockford Register StarEN

Daily serving Rockford and the stateline region

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The News-GazetteEN

Champaign-Urbana's daily, home of the Fighting Illini

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Belleville News-DemocratEN

Daily for the Metro East and southwestern Illinois

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The Southern IllinoisanEN

Carbondale-based daily for deep southern Illinois

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