Hyde Park Herald

The Hyde Park Herald, Chicago's oldest community newspaper since 1882.

The Hyde Park Herald, Chicago's oldest community newspaper since 1882. The newspaper was founded in 1882, and claims on its masthead to be 'Chicago's Oldest Community Newspaper.' For the Herald's first seven years, it was a suburban newspaper covering affairs in an independent unit of local government; after Hyde Park was annexed by Chicago in 1889, the Herald evolved into its current status as an urban neighborhood newspaper.