The Saline Courier
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Horizon Publications |
| Founder(s) | W. A. Webber |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Headquarters | Benton, Arkansas |
| Circulation | 6,500 |
| Website | bentoncourier |
The Saline Courier (formerly the Benton Courier) is a daily newspaper serving Saline County, Arkansas. It is published in print and online.
History
[edit]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 Inc. in 1996, and then Horizon Publications in 1999.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Saline County". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. 9 June 1922.
- ^ "Benton Courier becomes Saline Courier". Arkansas Online. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ^ Leaving Readers Behind. University of Arkansas Press. 2001. p. 52. ISBN 9781610752329.
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