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| Type | Twice-weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Montgomery Media Group LLC |
| Founder(s) | Milton W. Reynolds and Leslie J. Perry |
| Editor | Ray Nolting |
| Founded | June 17, 1871 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1724 Main Street, Parsons, Kansas |
| Circulation | 2,632 |
| OCLC number | 12276956 |
| Website | https://www.parsonssun.com/ |
The Parsons Sun is an American twice-weekly newspaper based in Parsons, Kansas. It is the largest newspaper in Labette County, Kansas with a circulation of 2,632.[1] It publishes on Tuesday and Friday and focuses on the area of Labette county, Kansas. The paper is currently owned by Montgomery Media Group.[2]
History
[edit]The Parsons Sun was founded on June 17, 1871, as a broadsheet by Milton W. Reynolds and Leslie J. Perry, making it the oldest business in Parsons. The original name of the paper was The Sun, but it changed several times. It was founded the same year that Parsons was incorporated as a city.[3] Two months after the paper was founded, Perry left the paper, giving Reynolds the controlling share. Reynolds went on to serve one term in the Kansas Legislature.[4]
For six months in 1976-77, the paper was forced to close due to budgetary restraints, but was able to reopen.[4]
After Reynolds lost his reelection bid for the Kansas Legislature, he sold the paper to Harry Lusk in 1978 and moved to Oklahoma 11 years later.[4]
Originally founded as a weekly paper called The Sun, it started publishing daily (Except for Monday) in September 5th, 1880, and thus changed its name to the Parsons Daily Sun.[5]
A year later, under Lusk, The Parsons Daily Sun would start a weekly edition of the newspaper called The Parson's Sun.[6] This is not to be confused with the modern paper, which is of the same name. The weekly edition changed its name in 1984 to The Parson's Weekly Sun.[7] (It was also briefly published as The Parsons Sun and Semi-Weekly Herald)[8]
In 1901 the name was changed, first back to The Sun[9]. Then two years later in 1903, the name was altered to The Parsons Sun after Henry J. Allen bought the paper.[10] The name changed again, less than a year later to The Parsons Daily Sun.[11] It was during this time period where the paper started publishing Monday's and stopped publishing Sunday's.
In 1908 the last edition of the Parsons Weekly Sun was published before being folded into The Parsons Daily Sun, which still did not publish on Sunday.[12]
In 1914 Clyde Reed, the future 24th governor of Kansas, purchased a controlling share in the paper. The Reed family would own the paper for the next 68 years.[13]
In 1929 The Parsons Daily Sun dropped Daily from the name, turning the paper into The Parsons Sun, though the paper was still published daily, except for Sunday. The name would not be changed again.[14]
In 1949 a brutal blizzard descended on the Great Plains and North West, killing 33 people and delivering snow drifts 3–8 times what was considered normal.[15] During this blizzard, power was cut to the Parsons Sun who, due to the blizzard, would have been unable to publish the paper. To solve this, the paper reached out to the Katy railroad for help. In response, the railroad ran a power cable to The Parson's Sun from the train depot so that they could print their newspaper in a timely manner.[4]
In 1962 the Parsons Sun moved to its current location.[4]
In 1986, Oliver Redmond, a former patrolman for the Parsons Police Department, sued The Parsons Sun for libel, claiming that statements in a 1979 article were false. The article in question covered Redmond's last place defeat in a city commissioner primary. The Parsons Sun won the case, as Redmond failed to prove any damages whatsoever.[16]
The online version of The Parsons Sun was launched in 1997 by editor and publisher Ann K. Charles.[4]
Gatehouse would sell the paper to Kansas Newspapers LLC in 2008, who would change the paper to five days a week. Kansas Newspapers LLC would go on to sell the paper in 2023 to Montgomery Media Group, who in 2023 changed the publishing from five days a week to twice-weekly.[2]
Media Market
[edit]The Parsons Sun is in the Joplin-Pittsburgh Media Market, along with the Joplin Globe and The Morning Sun.[17]
Awards
[edit]The Kansas Press Association's Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master Editor Award is named after former Parsons Sun editor Clyde Reed Jr.[18]
See Also
[edit]External Links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Record Details | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ a b "Montgomery Media acquires two Kansas dailies". www.nna.org. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "The sun. [volume]". Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e f "Parsons Sun History Section | PDF | Newspapers | News". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "The sun. [volume]". Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Sun (Parsons, Labette County, Kansas) 1879-1894". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Weekly Sun (Parsons, Kansas) 1894-1904". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Sun and Semi-Weekly Herald (Parsons, Kansas) 1904-1907". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Sun (Parsons, Kansas) 1901-1903". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Sun (Parsons, Kansas) 1903-1906". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Sun (Parsons, Kansas) 1903-1906". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Weekly Sun (Parsons, Kansas) 1907-1908". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ staff, The News. "GateHouse Media to acquire Hutchinson News, other Harris newspapers; Montgomery named to lead Kansas group". The Hutchinson News. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Parsons Sun (Parsons, Kan.) 1929-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "January 1949 Blizzard". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Redmond v. Sun Publishing Co". Justia Law. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Market Search". krgspec.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Awards | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.