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This is a list of defunct newspapers of the United States.Only notable names among the thousands of such newspapers are listed, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.
Sunday News (Wilkes-Barre) (1899–1904) [280] Sunday News Dealer (Wilkes-Barre) (1833–1898) [ 281 ] Der Susquehanna Beobachter, und Luzerne und Columbia Caunty Advertiser (Wilkesbarre) (1826–1830) [ 282 ]
The newspaper was founded in 1978 by striking employees of the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, which published the Times Leader.Established on October 9 of that year, The Citizens' Voice was initially a "strike newspaper" published by the local Newspaper Guild, but quickly grew to become a direct competitor to the Times Leader.
William H. Davis (1 August 1900 – 5 December 1955) was an American politician. William H. Davis was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 1 August 1900 to parents John Davis and Janet Owen. Upon graduating from James M. Coughlin High School , Davis enrolled at La Salle Extension University to study accounting.
In early 2014, The Herald Journal had a daily circulation of about 16,215, [4] but by 2021 had declined to 5,524 as the paper switched to weekly print publication. [5] As of 2019, The Herald Journal 's general manager is Ben Kenfield, who replaced David Welsh, publisher and president since 2016. [6] [7] Its managing editor is Andrew Weeks. [7]
Apr. 9—WILKES-BARRE — Five people were arrested for the kidnapping and brutal killing of a Michigan woman who was buried in a tarp and covered with moth balls and lime in the basement of a ...
The Herald News' main competitor to the east is The Standard-Times of the other South Coast city, New Bedford, Massachusetts.In its northern towns, The Herald News competes with the Taunton Daily Gazette, although the two were both owned by Journal Register and sold together to GateHouse.
On November 27, 1907, the Wilkes-Barre Times printed a notice that it and the Wilkes-Barre Leader, both afternoon dailies, would merge, creating The Times Leader with the first newspaper to be dated Monday December 2, 1907. The Times Leader, in the heart of coal country, was subject to a very bitter strike that began October 6, 1978.