The Carthage Press

The Carthage Press
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) GateHouse Media
Publisher Steve Boggs
Editor John Hacker
Founded April 1872 (1872-04), as The People's Press[1]
Headquarters 800 West Central Avenue,
Carthage, Missouri 64836,
United States
OCLC number 28446911
Website carthagepress.com

The Carthage Press is an American daily newspaper published in Carthage, Missouri. It is owned by GateHouse Media.

The paper bills itself as "Southwest Missouri's Oldest Daily Newspaper"; its daily predecessor The Evening Press began in 1885.[2] Its roots as a weekly newspaper date to The People's Press, published in Carthage in 1872.[1]

It is one of three newspapers GateHouse owns in the Joplin-Pittsburg area, along with The Neosho Daily News in neighboring Newton County, Missouri, and The Morning Sun in Kansas.

References

  1. 1 2 "About The People's Press". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. "About The Evening Press". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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