Herald-Whig

Located in the heart of downtown Quincy, IL, the Herald-Whig is owned by Quincy Media, Inc. The family owned newspaper is the sole heir to a long line of Quincy publications and a direct descendant of the first newspaper in Adams County. The Herald-Whig traces its roots to The Illinois Bounty Land Register, which published its first edition on April 17, 1835, 17 years after Illinois achieved statehood. At the time, there were only three other newspapers in the state, publishing in Jacksonville, Springfield and Galena. Following a long series of mergers, the Herald-Whig printed its first edition on June 1, 1926. At the Herald-Whig we are committed to journalistic excellence, informing readers in all the communities we serve about critical issues, offering solutions when problems are identified, advancing ideas on our opinion pages that we believe will help our communities improve and prosper, and providing a lively forum for a variety of viewpoints. We have and will continue to...