The ''Decatur Tribune'' is an independent, locally owned weekly newspaper in
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur ( ) is the largest city in Macon County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
, USA, covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events in Decatur and
Macon County.
History
In December, 1969, Paul Osborne purchased the newspaper from Dr. V.W. Powell who had founded it one year earlier. 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
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal serv ...
and online.
Featured articles
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,
[ 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, J. Thomas McNamara wrote a weekly sports column in the Decatur Tribune titled "Irish Stew", covering Central Illinois
Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central third of the state, divided from north to south. Also known as the ''Heart of Illinois'', it is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agri ...
high school sports. In 2015 he received the Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois. It is a charter member of the National F ...
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.
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.
References
Sources
* Illinois Press Association, ''Illinois Newspaper Directory''
* United States Newspaper Listing
External links
*{{official website, https://www.decaturtribune.com/}
Decatur, Illinois
Newspapers published in Illinois
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers established in 1968
Companies based in Macon County, Illinois
1968 establishments in Illinois