Its surrounding circulation area is Kankakee County, which includes the adjacent municipalities of Bourbonnais and Bradley.
The newspaper also circulates in portions of the adjacent counties of Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston, and Will.
[1] The newspaper is published five days a week, on the four afternoons of Monday through Thursday and a fifth daily edition on Saturday morning.
[1] Beginning the week of Jan. 9, 2023, will publish a print edition on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
[2] In October 2024, the Small family sold the Daily Journal to Shaw Media.