The Herald-News

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Herald-News
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TypeDaily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Shaw Media
Founder(s) Ira Clifton Copley
EditorJudy Harvey
Founded1877
Language English
Headquarters
1100 Essington Rd, Suite. 4
Joliet, Illinois 60435
USA
CountryUnited States
OCLC number 30591638
Website www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/

The Herald-News is a daily newspaper headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It serves the Joliet, Will County and Grundy County area, and is owned by Shaw Media.

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History

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). In 2013, Sun-Times sold the Herald News to Shaw Media, parent company of the Northwest Herald . [1]

Distribution

The Herald-News is printed early at one of its parent-company's facilities in Chicago, driven to Northwest Indiana and distributed based on delivery region.

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