The Journal was sold during the American Civil War to former state senator and commanding officer of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the "Abolition Regiment") William L. Utley.
Utley and his family published the paper for some time, but by 1875 had sold it to Frank Starbuck, son of the publisher of The Times of Cincinnati, who had been serving as co-publisher since 1873.
The newspaper's former radio station, WRJN, was founded in December 1926.
The paper was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1968, and in 1972 officially changed its name to simply The Journal Times.
[2] On July 14, 2019, The Journal Times shut down its press, and the paper is now printed in Munster, Indiana.