Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Oak Park.
Our newspaper information for Oak Park is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 46 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Park. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oak Park. In total, we've identified 85 papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park.
To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Park.
Newspapers Published In Oak Park ...
We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oak Park:
- Brookfield Landmark (from 200?)
- Chicago Journal (from 2000)
- Concordia (from 19??)
- Economist Record (from 19??)
- Elm Leaves (from 1971)
- Elmwood Park Elm Leaves (from 1990)
- Elmwood Park River Grove World (from 1976)
- Elmwood Park World (from 19??)
- Franklin Park Herald-Journal With News Of Northlake (from 1982)
- Franklin Park Herald-Journal (from 1990)
- Franklin Park Herald (from 19??)
- Maywood Herald (from 1971)
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Melrose Park Herald (from 1982)
- Midnight Special (from 197?)
- Montclare-Leyden Herald (from 19??)
- Northlake Herald-Journal (from 1990)
- Norwood Herald (from 19??)
- Oak Park Events (from 19??)
- Oak Park News (from 19??)
- Oak Park Reporter (from 1887)
- Oak Park Times (from 192?)
- Oak Park Village Economist (from 1974)
- Oak Park Vindicator And Cook County Suburban News (from 18??)
- Proviso Herald (from 2006)
- The Daily Reporter-Argus (from 1906)
- The Daily Reporter (from 1890)
- The Herald (from 19??)
- The Oak Park Argus (from 1899)
- The Oak Park Daily Argus (from 1904)
- The Oak Park Record (from 1874)
- The Oak Park Reporter-Argus (from 1904)
- The Oak Park Review
- The Oak Park Times (from 1897)
- The Oak Park Vindicator (from 1892)
- The Oak Parker
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Oak Parker
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055852
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 29509970
- The Reporter-Argus (from 1904)
- The Reporter (from 1887)
- The Suburban Pictorial (from 1938)
- The West Suburbanite
- The World / (from 19??)
- Truth (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 198?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Truth
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94053480
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31733930
- Village Economist (from 19??)
- Wednesday Journal (from 1980)
- Weekend World (from 1978)
- Weekly Alert (from 1882)
- The first year of publication was in 1882, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Weekly Alert
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00062071
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45645295
- West Proviso Herald (from 1971)
Newspapers Neighboring Oak Park ...
The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Oak Park.
- Published In Austin ...
- The Austin Herald (from 1876)
- The Austin Vindicator And Cook County Suburban News (from 1889)
- Published In Berwyn ...
- Berwyn Gazette (from 2001)
- Berwyn Life (from 1965)
- Cicero Berwyn Life (from 1982)
- Free Enterprise (from 19??)
- Stickney And Forest View Life (from 19??)
- The Berwyn Beacon (from 19??)
- The Berwyn News (from 1932)
- The Life (from 1998)
- Published In Elmwood Park ...
- Elmwood Park Post (from 1964)
- The Norwood Herald And Montclare-Leyden Herald (from 19??)
- Published In Cicero ...
- Cicero Life (from 1932)
- Lawndale News Group West Side Times (from ????)
- Nowiny Z Cicero (from 1934)
- Suburban Leader (from 1926)
- The Berwyn Life And The Berwyn Beacon (from 1952)
- The Ciceronian (from 1897)
- The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ciceronian
- Holdings for: LCCN SN00062067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42305946
- West Side Times (from 19??)
- Published In Maywood ...
- We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Maywood. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Maywood
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park. This extended list includes all the papers from Maywood. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Park
- Published In Melrose Park ...
- La Fiaccola
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the La Fiaccola
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91052389
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23304297
- Melrose Park Leader (from 19??)
- Northlake Star Sentinel (from 19??)
- The Leader
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leader
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082824
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15909395
- Published In Bellwood ...
- The Bellwood Herald (from 1925)
- The Proviso Herald (from 1964)
- The Star-Progress (from 19??)
- Published In Riverside ...
- North Riverside Star-Citizen (from 1959)
- Riverside News North Riverside Citizen (from 1962)
- Riverside News (from 19??)
- Riverside Times (from 1922)
- The Riverside Echo (from 1895)
- The Riverside Gazette (from 1871)
- The Riverside News (from 1911)
- The Riversider (from 1931)
- Published In Brookfield ...
- Brookfield Citizen (from 1954)
- Brookfield Enterprise (from 19??)
- The Brookfield Magnet (from 1946)
- The Congress Park News And The Suburban Magnet (from 1941)
- The Suburban Magnet
- The Times (from 19??)
- Published In Franklin Park ...
- Franklin Park Beacon (from 1922)
- Franklin Park Journal (from 1970)
- Franklin Park News (from 1891)
- The Franklin Park Journal (from 1946)
- The Journal (from 1948)
- Published In Harwood Heights ...
- Belmont-Cragin Times (from 1989)
- Elmwood Park-River Grove Times (from 1989)
- Franklin Park-Schiller Park Times (from 1989)
- Harlem Foster Times (from 1989)
- Harlem Irving Times (from 1989)
- Jefferson Park-Portage Park Times (from 1989)
- Norridge-Harwood Heights-Norwood Park Times (from 1989)
- Published In Western Springs ...
- Western Springs Citizen (from 1954)
- Western Springs Times (from 1913)
- Published In Elmhurst [DuPage County] ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Elmhurst. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Elmhurst
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park. This extended list includes all the papers from Elmhurst. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Park
- Published In Lincolnwood ...
- Booster (from 1996)
- Years of publication: 1996 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Booster
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96006545
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 35907983
- Life (from 1996)
- Years of publication: 1996 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Life
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96003435
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 35445916
- Life (from 199?)
- Years of publication: 199? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Life
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99064006
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41352243
- Lincolnwood Life (from 1947)
- News-Star (from 1996)
- Years of publication: 1996 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the News-Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97062079
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38131767
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Oak Park: www.vil.oak-park.il.us/
The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8869, Longitude: -87.7844 |