The Rev. Alfred F. Wuensch founded the
Decatur Review as a weekly newspaper in April 1872. C.N. Walls founded the
Daily Herald in 1878. In 1931, the morning
Herald, by this time owned by the Lindsay family, and the evening daily,
Decatur Daily Review, owned by the Schaub family, merged their operations. Both newspapers continued to publish separately while maintaining largely separate editorial staffs. The Lindsay-Schaub combine acquired other newspapers, including
The Southern Illinoisan, the
Champaign-Urbana Courier, the
Edwardsville Intelligencer, the
Metro-East Journal and the
Midland Daily News, as well as Decatur radio station
WSOY. On July 13, 1937, 17 of the paper's editorial employees walked out and went on strike, forcing suspension of the paper, Decatur's only daily newspaper at the time. The newspaper began operating at 601 E. William St. in 1976 and continued until 2022, when headquarters. moved to 225 S. Main St. in the heart of downtown Decatur. In 1979,
Lee Enterprises purchased most of the Lindsay-Schaub papers, including the
Herald and
Daily Review. The papers were renamed the
Herald & Review and continued to publish morning and evening editions. In June 1982, the evening edition was discontinued. ==References==