Bringing You Local Hometown News since 1862. Greatest Local Sports Coverage 6-days a week. The Edwardsville Intelligencer is a daily newspaper serving Edwardsville/Glen Carbon and the surrounding areas in southern Illinois. It publishes six days a week, excluding Sundays. The Intelligencer is owned by the Hearst Corporation. It has been in publication since 1862. Hearst purchased the Intelligencer in 1979.