In May 2019, the Small family and the Daily Journal provided copyright clearance for the Kankakee Public Library to digitize the microfilm archive of the Daily Journal for the purpose of making it available via the internet to the general public free of charge. The Kankakee Public Library used gift funds and grant support from the Community Foundation in order to digitize the Daily Journal microfilm. Olivet Nazarene University and Benner Library host the archive in their Institutional Repository, Digital Commons @ Olivet.

Copyright clearance covers July 1854 through one year before the current date. However, only the years 1854-2014 have been digitized from microfilm. As time permits, these files are manually combined into issues and added to this website. For questions please contact us.

Issues currently available:
  • 1920 - 1933 (Apr 17)
  • 1934 - 1976 (Aug)
  • 1977 (Jan-Apr, Jul, Oct-Dec)
  • 1978 - 1979 (missing Apr & May)
  • 1980 - 1985 (Jan & Mar)
  • 1986 (Jan) - 1987
  • 1988 (Aug)
  • 1990 - 1993 (May)
  • 2012 (Jul)
  • 2013 (Mar 1)
  • 2014
  • 2015 - 2016
Title history:
  • Kankakee Gazette
  • Evening Democrat
  • Kankakee County Democrat
  • Kankakee Daily Gazette
  • Kankakee Daily Republican
  • Kankakee Daily Republican-News
  • Kankakee Daily Journal
  • Kankakee Sunday Journal

Thank you to the Small Family and the Daily Journal for sharing your treasure with our community.

ACCESS
  • Scroll down to access scanned files from the microfilm archive.
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  • These .pdf files are large and may require several patient minutes to download, especially for those with a slower internet connection.
  • The microfilm collection of Kankakee Daily Journal is housed at The Kankakee Public Library. Microfilm search requests can be made via email to Carol Zoladz at czoladz@lions-online.org. For best results, please provide a month and year date range to be searched.

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Submissions from 2016

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December 31, 2016 (Weekend) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 30, 2016 (Friday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 29, 2016 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 28, 2016 (Wednesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 27, 2016 (Tuesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 25, 2016 (Weekly) TV This Week, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 24, 2016 (Weekend) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 23, 2016 (Friday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 22, 2016 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 21, 2016 (Wednesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 20, 2016 (Tuesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 19, 2016 (Monday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 18, 2016 (Weekly) TV This Week, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 17, 2016 (Weekend) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 16, 2016 (Friday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 15, 2016 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 14, 2016 (Wednesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 13, 2016 (Tuesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 12, 2016 (Monday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 11, 2016 (Weekly) TV This Week, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 10, 2016 (Weekend) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 09, 2016 (Friday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 08, 2016 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 07, 2016 (Wednesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal

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December 06, 2016 (Tuesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal