The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel is the primary newspaper in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Offices of the News and Sentinel
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Ogden Newspapers Inc.
PublisherJames Spanner
Headquarters519 Juliana Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Circulation6,682 Daily
7,310 Sunday (as of 2024)[1]
Websitenewsandsentinel.com

History

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The newspaper was formed by the merger of the previously separate morning News and afternoon Sentinel on April 25, 2009.[2] Prior to the merge, the Sentinel had published continuously for 134 years.[2]

The first Parkersburg News, owned by secessionist Charles Rhoads, began publication before the Civil War. In May 1861, the office was destroyed by a crowd of pro-Union men, and Rhoads was driven out of town. It was 36 years, in February 1897, before the paper (with different ownership) resumed publication. In 1915, Wheeling publisher Herschel C. Ogden, an ancestor of the present owners of Ogden Newspapers, became the owner.[3]

The Parkersburg Sentinel was founded in 1875 by Robert Hornor and acquired by Herschel Ogden in 1912. The Daily Sentinel was established as a voice of the Democratic Party and as competition for the Republican-oriented Daily State Journal. The morning Parkersburg News is published seven days a week, while the evening Parkersburg Sentinel was published Monday through Saturday until the newspapers merged in 2009.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Media Kit" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Parkersburg Sentinel to Cease Publication on Saturday". WOWKtv.com. April 21, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Parkersburg News and Sentinel". The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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