Pennsboro News Explained

Pennsboro News
Type:Weekly newspaper
Foundation:1890s
Owners:West Central Publishing, Inc.
Founder:Will A. Strickler
Circulation:3,976
Circulation Date:2016
Circulation Ref:[1]
Headquarters:Franklin, West Virginia

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]

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. 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]

Related Resources

Notes and References

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

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