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The paper was founded in 1904 as the Joliet Herald. In 1913, its founder, Ira Clifton Copley, purchased the Joliet News, a paper that had been founded in 1877. In 1915, the two papers were merged producing the Herald-News. In 2000, Copley Press sold the publication to Hollinger International (later the Sun-Times Media Group).
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It has a sprawling, irregular shape that extends into nine different townships, more than any other Illinois city. They are: Joliet, Plainfield, Troy, New Lenox, Jackson, Channahon, and Lockport in Will County, and Na-Au-Say and Seward in Kendall County. Joliet developed along the Des Plaines River, and its downtown is located in the river valley.
Chicago Morning Herald (1893–1901, became Record-Herald) Chicago Post (1890–1929, absorbed by Daily News) Chicago Record (1881–1901) Chicago Record Herald (1901–1914) Chicago Republican (1865–1872, became Chicago Inter Ocean) Chicago Sun (1941–1948, merged with Chicago Daily Times to form Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Times (1861 ...
Today, the Daily Herald ' s motto is, "Big Picture, Local Focus" because it covers both international and national news as well as news local to its circulation area. [5] [6] The Daily Herald was made partially employee-owned in 1972, but the Paddock family transferred their interest to the paper's employee stock ownership plan in 2018 as part ...
Morris is located in northeast Grundy County along U.S. Route 6 and Illinois Route 47 and on the north side of the Illinois River [8] [9] at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m). [ 1 ] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Morris has a total area of 11.64 square miles (30.15 km 2 ), of which 11.28 square miles (29.22 km 2 ) (or 96.92%) is ...
The station was first licensed on May 27, 1925, [2] as WJBI, to Harold M. Couch at 104 Summitt Street in Peoria, for 100 watts on 1400 kHz. [5] Later that year, the station was sold to the parent company of the Boston Store (a Joliet-based store unrelated to the Wisconsin Boston Stores), which changed the call sign to WCLS, standing for "Will County's Largest Store".