The Winfield Daily Courier

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The Winfield Daily Courier
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TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Winfield Publishing Company
PublisherLloyd Craig
EditorDave Seaton
Managing editorJudith Zaccaria
Sports editorOlivia Haselwood
FoundedApril 30, 1931
Ceased publication2017
HeadquartersWinfield, Kansas
Circulation 3,400
Sister newspapers Newkirk Herald-Journal
ISSN 0889-6747

The Winfield Daily Courier was a local newspaper from Winfield, Kansas. [1]

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History

It was one of two local newspapers under the same ownership that published in Cowley County, Kansas - the other being The Arkansas City Traveler. The publication of the newspaper dated back to 1931. [2] [3] The newspaper was previously published under the name Winfield Daily Free Press from 1924 until 1931. [4]

In 2017, The Arkansas City Traveler and The Winfield Daily Courier merged into a new publication named The Cowley Courier Traveler . [5]

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References

  1. "Winfield Daily Courier". Kansas Newspaper Directory. Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. The Winfield daily courier. WorldCat.org. OCLC   10445352.
  3. "About The Winfield daily courier. (Winfield, Kan.)". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. "About The Winfield daily courier. (Winfield, Kan.) 1931-current". United States Library of Congress. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  5. "KS Press Association Members 2018 (map)" (pdf). Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 11 October 2018.