The Daily Citizen (Searcy)

The Daily Citizen
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerPaxton Media Group
FoundedSeptember 1854
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters723 W. Beebe-Capps Expressway
Searcy, AR 72143
United States
Websitethedailycitizen.com

The Daily Citizen is a newspaper which is published every day except Mondays and Saturdays in Searcy, Arkansas.[1] It is owned by Paxton Media Group.[1]

History

The newspaper was founded in September 1854 as the Des Arc Citizen.[1] In 1862 during the American Civil War, Union forces destroyed the Citizen's printing facilities; publication did not resume until 1866.[1] The paper was purchased in 1885 by James J. Baugh, who moved operations to Searcy and renamed it the White County Citizen.[1] Ownership of the newspaper passed to Baugh's son-in-law, M.P. Jones Jr., in 1940.[1] The paper remained in the Jones family until it was sold to Harte-Hanks Communications in 1977.[1] It was later sold to Worrell Enterprises, which sold it to Paxton Media Group in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Adam Miller (October 1, 2020). "Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Daily Citizen (Searcy)". Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

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