The ''Decatur Tribune'' is an independent, locally owned weekly newspaper in

Decatur, Illinois Decatur ( ) is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois, with a population of 70,522 as of the 2020 Census. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Ce ...

, 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 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 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.

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