Pennsboro News

Pennsboro News

Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	West Central Publishing, Inc.
Founder(s)	Will A. Strickler
Founded	1890s
Headquarters	Franklin, West Virginia
Circulation	3,976 (as of 2016)[1]
Website	ritchiecountynews.com

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.[5] 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

• List of newspapers in West Virginia

References

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