Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | West Central Publishing, Inc. |
Founder(s) | Will A. Strickler |
Founded | 1890s |
Headquarters | Franklin, West Virginia |
Circulation | 3,976(as of 2016) [1] |
Website | ritchiecountynews |
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]
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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