The ''Olney Daily Mail'' is an American
daily newspaper
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published in
Olney, Illinois
Olney ( ) is the county seat in Richland County, Illinois. The population was 9,115 at the time of the 2010 census.
History
Settlement of the Richland County area began around 1815 when Thaddeus Morehouse, a native of Vermont, arrived by wa ...
, and covering
Richland County.
The newspaper does not publish a Sunday edition.
The current title began publication in 1910, at which time it supplanted or absorbed parts of four other newspapers.
, the paper had a circulation of 4,330.
In 1998, then owner
Hollinger International sold the newspaper to
Leonard Green & Partners as part of a 40% overall divestment of Hollinger's United States newspaper holdings;
the newspaper was published through Leonard Green's
Liberty Group Publishing.
Liberty Group Publishing was subsequently sold in 2005 to
Fortress Investment Group and renamed to
GateHouse Media.
Among newspapers noted as predecessors to the ''Daily Mail'' is ''Olney Times'', which was published weekly on Fridays and began circulation c. 1856.
In November 1857, a note to readers of the Olney ''Republican'' indicated that they would henceforth receive ''Olney Times'' instead, indicating the termination of the former periodical.
The slogan for ''Olney Times'' was "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."
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Newspapers published in Illinois
Richland County, Illinois
Newspapers established in 1910
1910 establishments in Illinois
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