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Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville.
Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census.
The News & Observer is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The paper is the largest in circulation in the state. The paper has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes; the most recent of which was in 1996 for a series on the health and environmental impact of North Carolina's booming hog industry. The paper was one of the first in the world to launch an online version of the publication, Nando.net in 1994.
Brown Publishing Company was a privately owned Cincinnati, Ohio, newspaper business started by Congressman Clarence J. Brown in Blanchester, Ohio in 1920. It ended 90 years of operations in August/September 2010 with its bankruptcy and sale of assets to a new company formed by its creditors and called Ohio Community Media Inc. The company was previously a family-owned business; it published 18 daily newspapers, 27 weekly newspapers, and 26 free weeklies. The former CEO was Brown's grandson, Roy Brown. The chairman of the board was Roy's brother Clancy Brown, who is also an actor.
The Review was a bi-weekly newspaper based in Reidsville North Carolina, based in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was published under that name between 1899 - 2017. In 2017, it merged with two other newspapers in Rockingham County ; all three papers publish under the name Rockingham Now.
The Mount Airy News is a six-day-a-week newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1880. The News is one of several newspapers serving Surry County, along with The Tribune in Elkin and The Pilot of Pilot Mountain.
The Watauga Democrat is a weekly newspaper published in Boone, North Carolina. It was first published in 1888 to share news about the local Democrat Party, and today chronicles general local news in Watauga County.
Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO.
North Carolina's 6th congressional district is located in north central portion of the state. As a result of court-mandated redistricting in 2019, it was shifted into the central Triad region and contains all of Guilford County and a portion of Forsyth County. The cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point are located in the district.
Yes! Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is published by Womack Newspapers Inc., which also publishes the Jamestown News, and which is owned by Charles A. Womack III. YES! Weekly serves the North Carolina cities of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem. Its writers cover local topics such as news, politics, sports, music, culture, and opinion. They also distribute a regular calendar of local events and photos galleries of patrons of local nightlife. The paper is distributed on Wednesdays. YES! Weekly is a member of the North Carolina Press Association and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.
The Kirk–Holden war was a police operation taken against the white supremacist organization Ku Klux Klan by the government in the state of North Carolina in the United States in 1870. The Klan was using murder and intimidation to prevent recently freed slaves and members of the Republican Party from exercising their right to vote in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Following an increase in Klan activity in North Carolina—including the murder of a black town commissioner in Alamance County and the murder of a Republican state senator in Caswell County—Republican Governor of North Carolina William W. Holden declared both areas to be in a state of insurrection. In accordance with the Shoffner Act, Holden ordered a militia be raised to restore order in the counties and arrest Klansmen suspected of violence. This resulted in the creation of the 1st and 2nd North Carolina Troops, which Holden placed under the overall command of Colonel George Washington Kirk.
John W. Stephens was an assassinated state senator from North Carolina. He was stabbed and garroted by the Ku Klux Klan on May 21, 1870. This killing began the Kirk–Holden war.
Providence is an unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Providence is 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Yanceyville and directly south of Danville, Virginia. Providence has a post office with ZIP code 27315.
Henrietta Phelps Jeffries was an African American midwife and a founding member of the Macedonia A.M.E. Church located in Milton, North Carolina.
Caswell County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Caswell County, North Carolina. Its six schools serve 3,012 students as of the 2010–2011 school year.
The News of Orange County is a weekly newspaper based in Hillsborough, North Carolina covering northern Orange County, North Carolina. Started in 1893, the newspaper is owned by Womack Publishing Company of Chatham, Virginia. In 2018, the circulation was 4,200. Charlotte Wray is the publisher.
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Andrew Jackson Stedman (1828–1884) was an American journalist, lawyer, and horticulturalist who established the apple industry in Patrick County, Virginia. He was born in Gatesville, North Carolina, the son of a wealthy planter and slaveowner who served five terms in the North Carolina House of Commons. He founded a literary magazine, a weekly newspaper and the first newspaper ever published in Patrick County, Virginia. He was also an ordained Baptist minister and accomplished horticulturist, establishing the apple industry in Patrick County, Virginia.
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- ↑ Library of Congress entry.
- ↑ "About us", caswellmessenger.com Archived 2013-01-18 at archive.today .
