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The paper started in 1927[1] and, in the 1940s, Wick Communications purchased the publication.[5] In 2013, Wick began closing their Louisiana newspapers.[6] The next year, Wick sold both the Daily News and the LaPlace L'Observateur to the Carpenter Media Group, a division of Boone Newspapers[5][7] In 2023, the paper switched to a weekly format to reduce costs and focus on their website, but did not change their name.[3]
Under the leadership of editor Lou Major, the Daily News ran editorials against the secrecy of the Klan in 1964. The paper also stopped publishing their African-American edition and began providing the same version of their publication to all subscribers.[11]
In response, the KKK began anonymously distributing the Midnight Mail, a racist newsletter, to compete with their coverage. The group then burned a cross at the downtown newspaper offices. On four occasions, the KKK also burned crosses at the home of editor who used one of them to roast marshmallows.[11] In 2021, Major published an autobiography of his experiences running the paper despite the Klan.[12]
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