Bixby Bulletin Explained

Bixby Bulletin
Owners:	Community Publishers, Inc.
Publisher:	Mike Brown
Editor:	Jo-Ann Jennings
Circulation:	2,000^[1]
Oclc:	33481929

The Bixby Bulletin was a weekly broadsheet newspaper published in Bixby, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, from 1905 to 2014.

History

The newspaper was founded by W.W. Stuckey and Paul Tyler,^[2] Its first issue, Volume 1, Number 1, was dated February 24, 1905.^{[3] [4]} It was the oldest continuously operating business in Bixby, and had a circulation of about 2,000.

Community Publishers Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired the paper in 2005.^[5] In 2012, the Bulletin was combined with the Jenks Journal and Glenpool Post to form the South County Leader.

The South County Leader has ceased publication. The last edition was Volume 109, Number 23, dated July 31, 2014.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://bixbybulletin.com/our_newspaper/about_us/ About us
2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okbhs/business/communication.html "Communication Comes to Bixby"
3. Dianna Everett, "Bixby" at Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed February 18, 2010).
4. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95076314/ About this newspaper: Bixby Bulletin
5. http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=46&articleid=051027_Bu_E2_FYIBU1&archive=yes "Arkansas company buying Retherford Publications"
6. Web site: Jennings. Jo-ann. Newspaper to Cease Publication. South County Leader. August 20, 2014. July 31, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017145029/http://southcountyleader.com/bixbybulletin/news/newspaper-to-cease-publication/article_7bab26d4-18b7-11e4-9c79-001a4bcf887a.html. October 17, 2015.