[15][better source needed] In 2009, its campaigning on local issues was noted by the Shrewsbury MP, Daniel Kawczynski, as was its fundraising.

[17][better source needed] In 2009 the paper moved to a part-free, part-paid model, with some copies free and others for sale.

[16] Essayist William Hazlitt's first published work, when a 13-year-old student, was a letter to the Chronicle, printed in July 1791, condemning the riots in Birmingham.

[19] Shropshire author Mary Webb's first published work was a five-verse poem carried by the paper, written on hearing news of the Shrewsbury rail accident in 1907.

[20][better source needed] Fyfe Robertson, the Scots broadcaster, was briefly a trainee reporter with the Chronicle in 1921.