The Saline Courier

The Saline Courier (formerly the Benton Courier) is a daily newspaper serving Saline County, Arkansas. It is published in print and online.

Saline Courier
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Horizon Publications
Founded1876
HeadquartersBenton, Arkansas
Circulation6,500
Websitewww.bentoncourier.com

History

The Courier started its life as the Saline County Digest, founded in 1876 by W. A. Webber.[1] In 1882 it was bought by B. A. Beavers and given the name the Saline County Review, before being bought by S. H. Whitthorne and named the Saline Courier in 1883.[1] In 1888 it was sold to Col. T. C. Mays and renamed it the Benton Courier.[1] After a brief period as the Times-Courier it was purchased by L. B. White in 1905[2] it once again became the Benton Courier and would be published under that name until 2010.[3]

The paper changed owners twice in the 1990s, first being bought by Hollinger (1996), and then Horizon Publications (1999).[4]

References
  1. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State... Biographies of Distinguished Citizens...[etc.]. Goodspeed publishing Company. 1889.
  2. "Saline County". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. 9 June 1922.
  3. "Benton Courier becomes Saline Courier". Arkansas Online. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  4. Leaving Readers Behind. University of Arkansas Press. 2001. p. 52. ISBN 9781610752329. winchester news-gazette.


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