Fairfield Echo

Last updated
Fairfield Echo
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Founder(s)Tom and Dorothy Logsdon
FoundedSeptember 7, 1956
Ceased publicationJanuary, 2013

The Fairfield Echo was a weekly broadsheet newspaper founded in Fairfield, Ohio. It was owned by Cox Enterprises until the company ceased publication of the Echo in January, 2013. [1] The paper covered Fairfield and Fairfield Township in Butler County. The Echo was established on September 7, 1956, nearly a year after Fairfield became a city (October 1955).

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References

  1. "Cox shutters Ohio's oldest weekly newspaper - Springboro Sun | Springboro, OH | Covering the communities of Springboro, Clearcreek Township, Franklin, Carlisle, and Lebanon - Springboro, OH". Archived from the original on 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.