Herald & Tribune
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Six Rivers Media
FoundedAugust 26, 1869
Headquarters702 W. Jackson Blvd, Jonesborough, TN
Websiteheraldandtribune.com

The Herald & Tribune is a paper serving Jonesborough, Tennessee. It is currently owned by the Sandusky Corporation, which runs a number of local papers and radio stations.[1]

History

The newspaper was established on August 26, 1869 as a four-page weekly.[2] The first issue went to press under the direction of Dr. C. Wheeler and Dr. M. S. Mahoney, the original publishers.[3] Initially a Republican paper, it promised to "condemn wrong and expose fraud by whom-so-ever committed."[4] D.C. Stephenson, former Grand Dragon of the Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted rapist and murderer, was hired to write for the newspaper in 1961 after being asked to leave Indiana and never return as a part of his parole.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us - Herald & Tribune - Jonesborough, TN". Herald & Tribune - Jonesborough, TN. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  2. ↑ Rowell, George Presbury (1887). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ Fink, Paul M. (1989). Jonesborough: The First Century of Tennessee's First Town, 1776-1876. The Overmountain Press. ISBN 9780932807380.
  4. ↑ Fink, Paul M. (1989). Jonesborough: The First Century of Tennessee's First Town, 1776-1876. The Overmountain Press. ISBN 9780932807380.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Todd (2004). Notre Dame Vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan (2018 ed.). Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 9780268104344.
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