Pennsboro News

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Pennsboro News
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)West Central Publishing, Inc.
Founder(s)Will A. Strickler
Founded1890s
HeadquartersFranklin, West Virginia
Circulation 3,976(as of 2016) [1]
Website ritchiecountynews.com

The Pennsboro News is a newspaper serving Pennsboro, West Virginia, and surrounding Ritchie County. [2] Published weekly, it has a paid circulation of 3,976 and is owned by West Central Publishing, Inc. [3]

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History

The paper's history dates back to the 1890s. [4] Founded as the Lever, by Will A. Strickler, and sold to a man named Smith who changed its name to the Pennsboro News, it changed names ownership a number of times before falling to J. A. Wooddell. [5] D. A. Fawcett, an editor at the paper, bought it in 1899. [6] Wooddell, former editor of the Roxboro Courier, took over the paper in 1901. [7] In 1906, the paper's facilities were destroyed by fire, but Woodell immediately purchased a new plant. [8]

By 1911, it was the only paper in Pennsboro. [5] In 1915, the paper was sold to Gordon Fought, who took over the editorship as well. [9]

It currently bills itself as Ritchie County's most widely read newspaper. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  2. ↑ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
  3. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  4. ↑ "About The Pennsboro news". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 Lowther, Minnie Kendall (1911). History of Ritchie County: With Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Their Ancestors, and with Interesting Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Indian Times. Wheeling News Litho Company.
  6. ↑ "In and around Piedmont". The Baltimore Sun. 29 June 1899. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Untitled Item". The Roxboro Courier. 9 October 1901. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Untitled". The Weekly Register. 4 April 1906. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Newspaper sold". The Daily Telegram. 20 April 1915. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Pennsboro News - This Week's Issue". Pennsboro News. Retrieved 14 August 2018.


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