The ''Shelbyville Daily Union'', " Shelby County's No. 1 News Source," is a daily newspaper serving Shelbyville, Illinois. It is owned by

Community Newspaper Holdings CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

Inc. Missing only two editions since starting as the ''Shelbyville Weekly Union'' in 1863, the ''Union'' was the county's first daily on January 22, 1887. The ''Union'' passed through several local ownership groups before being acquired by Hollinger International in May 1999. That company held on to the ''Union'' for a year and a half before selling it to CNHI, which still owns it. On May 28, 2020, CNHI Effingham, locally represented by publisher Darrell Lewis, announced that they would be switching from print to a digital format.Shelbyville Daily Union: Memo from the publisher: Daily Union converts from print to digital only
accessed June 19, 2020. This results in the Golden Prairie News, owned by Paddock Publications and Southern Illinois Local Media Group, as the only active weekly newspaper remaining in Shelby County. That changed in July 2020 when the Paddock-owned ''Shelbyville Eagle'' was established, making it the second newspaper in Shelby County under Paddock ownership. The day-to-day operations of the ''Shelbyville Eagle'' are handled by the Sullivan News Group in

Sullivan, Illinois Sullivan is a city in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,413 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat and largest city of Moultrie County. Sullivan is named after Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, where ...

. As of July 2021, the Daily Union website is no longer populating content, with Shelbyville and Shelby County news permanently established inside the ''

Effingham Daily News The ''Effingham Daily News'' is a daily newspaper serving Effingham, Illinois, and surrounding portions of Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Marion and Shelby counties, Illinois. It is owned by CNHI. History Four newspapers mer ...

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''Daily Union'' Website
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CNHI Website
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