Decatur Tribune

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Decatur Tribune
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Your Independent, Locally-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Type Weekly newspaper
Community journalism
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Osborne Publications, Inc.
PublisherPaul Osborne
EditorPaul Osborne
Founded1968
Headquarters132 South Water St.
Decatur, Illinois 62525
United States
Circulation 7,000 [1]
OCLC number 22753600
Website decaturtribune.com

The Decatur Tribune is an independent, locally owned weekly newspaper in Decatur, Illinois, USA, covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events in Decatur and Macon County. [2]

Contents

History

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.

City Beat

Editor Paul Osborne's weekly article "City Beat" covers issues affecting his readers. He served as Mayor of the City of Decatur from 2003 to 2008, [6] [1] [7] and is a weekly featured guest of radio station WSOY's "City Hall Insider".

Scrapbook

Weekly "Scrapbook" articles tell the stories of a historical nature taking place in or about the Decatur area.

Sports

For 45 years, [8] J. Thomas McNamara wrote a weekly sports column in the Decatur Tribune titled "Irish Stew", covering Central Illinois high school sports. In 2015 he received the Illinois High School Association distinguished media service award. McNamara was a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, Macon County Sports Historian and an author of five books on local sports. He is credited with being the drive behind the establishment of the Decatur School District's Sports Hall of Fame. [9]

Other Decatur Tribune's

There were two prior papers printed as the Decatur Tribune. The first was established in 1864 by Joseph M. Prior and in 1865 Isaac N. Coltrin became his partner. The second was founded in 1872 by William L. Hammer. It was published for two years until it merged with The Magnet in 1874. [10]

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  1. 1 2 "Decatur Newspaper Publisher to be Decatur's Mayor". Mount Carmel Daily Republican Register, page 6. May 5, 2002.
  2. ↑ "mondotimes". mondotimes.com. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Paul Osborne". Herald & Review, pg 3. 25 December 1969. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "5 questions with ... Paul Osborne, editor/publisher of Decatur Tribune". Herald & Review. Lee Enterprises. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ State of Illinois General Assembly. "House Resolution 0941". ilga.gov. State of Illinois. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Ingram, Ron (15 May 2002). "Decatur Trubune's Osborne anncounces candidacy for mayoral race". Herald and Review. No. Page 3.
  7. ↑ "Meet Paul Osborne". Herald & Review. Lee Enterprises. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Flaten, Matthew (5 December 2020). "McNamara celebrates 45 years at the Decatur Tribune". Herald and Review. No. Sports D-1.
  9. ↑ Conn, Justin (4 October 2017). "McNamara in year 60 as staple in Decatur sports scene". Herald & Review. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Coleman, E.T. (28 June 1929). "History of Decatur and Macon County". The Decatur Review.

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