2017 News Archive

  • National Newspaper Week is Oct. 1-7

    September 28, 2017

    This year marks the 77th anniversary of National Newspaper Week (NNW), Oct. 1-7. The annual observance celebrates and emphasizes the impact of newspapers in local communities across the country. "I...

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  • ALERT! AOE deadline much earlier this year

    September 21, 2017

    Because the Kansas Press Association annual convention is being moved to February in 2018, the 2017 Awards of Excellence deadlines have been adjusted as well. Instead of a full calendar year as in...

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  • KPA regional meetings set for Oct. 20, Nov. 10

    September 21, 2017

    The fourth and fifth in a series of regional meetings of the 2017 Kansas Press Association are scheduled Friday, Oct. 20 at the Wall Family Center in Parsons and Friday, Nov. 10 at the Kansas Press...

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  • Capital-Journal sold to GateHouse Media

    August 10, 2017

    AUGUSTA, Ga. — As part of a strategic restructuring to focus its business on lifestyle publications, property development and new business, Morris Communications Co. announced today that it has...

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  • Sterling Bulletin sold to Main Street Media

    August 10, 2017

    The Sterling Bulletin weekly newspaper in Sterling has been sold by Marshall Publishing, Inc. to Main Street Media, headquartered in Russell. Negotiations were completed on Aug. 1 and the sale was...

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  • Eblen memorial service is Sunday at Union Station

    August 2, 2017

    A celebration of Tom Eblen’s life will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. Eblen died June 10 in Prairie Village after a long illness. He was a life-...

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  • Service set for past president Darrel Miller, 87

    July 27, 2017

     Darrel Miller, former publisher of the Smith County Pioneer, Lebanan Times, Cawker City Ledger and Downs News, died Monday, July 24, 2017. He was 87. Funeral service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday,...

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  • Former employees face embezzlement charges

    July 25, 2017

    By Sam Jack, Times-Sentinel NewspapersEmbezzlement by two former employees of Times-Sentinel Newspapers totaled more than $200,000, according to a Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office...

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  • Kansas City Star sells headquarters, printing plant

    July 22, 2017

    By Kevin Collison and Dan Margolies, KCURThe Kansas City Star’s historic headquarters building at 1729 Grand Boulevard has been sold to a local developer who wants to redevelop the property as a...

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  • NYT's Edgerley to be KSU professional-in-residence

    July 21, 2017

    Susan Edgerley, a former metro and assistant managing editor at The New York Times, will be a professional-in-residence at the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism at Kansas State University during the...

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