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Although abolitionist newspapers were published in Kansas as early as 1854, the first Kansas newspaper published by and for African Americans was the Colored Radical, published briefly at Lawrence and Leavenworth in 1876. [1]
The Hutchinson News is a daily newspaper serving the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, United States.The publication was awarded the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service "for its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community."
Former Lawrence Mayor John J. Buckley, in 1990, lauded The Eagle-Tribune for helping the city bounce back from the closure of several mills in the 1950s. He said the paper championed economic redevelopment in its editorials and news articles, and persuaded companies such as Avco, Honeywell and Raytheon to open plants in Lawrence. [10]
In 1978, it was renamed to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, adding the last name of Raymond "Hap" Dumont, who was a sports writer for The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, sports editor for the Hutchinson News, founder of the National Baseball Congress in 1935, and was instrumental in building Lawrence Stadium in Wichita. [15]
The Hutchinson News is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. [68] Hutchinson is a center of broadcast media for south-central Kansas. One AM (KWBW 1450) and 12 FM radio stations are licensed to broadcast from the city. [69] Hutchinson is also the second principal city of the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market. [70]
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The Lawrence World was first issued by Simons on March 2, 1892. [3] In 1905, the World acquired the Lawrence Journal, and merged the Journal and World in 1911 after a fire destroyed the offices of the Journal. [3] [4] The Lawrence Daily Journal title dates back to 1880, but was a continuation of the Republican Daily Journal which dates back to ...
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