The ''Ada Herald'' is an Ohio weekly newspaper covering Hardin County and parts of Allen and Hancock counties.

History & Ownership

Starting in June 1885, U.S.G. Cherry, S.B. Wagner, and W.W. Poultney, graduates of Ohio Normal University, started publishing a "monthly review of the school and societies" from the office of the local newspaper, the ''Ada Record''. It was intended to keep alumni of Ohio Normal University up-to-date on university happenings. The publication grew in popularity and became known as the ''University Herald''. M.L. Snyder and Ralph Parlette bought the ''Herald'' in 1895 and changed its name to the ''Ada Herald'' in 1916. Barton Snyder, son of M. L. Snyder, sold the paper to Brown Publishing Co. in 1966. When the Brown Publishing Co. went bankrupt in 2010 the ''Ada Herald'' as well as the Van Wert ''Times Bulletin'' were purchased for $3.6 million by Delphos Herald Inc. In August 2023, Delphos Herald, Inc. sold the newspaper to

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References

External links

''Ada Herald'' website
Newspapers published in Ohio Weekly newspapers published in the United States 1885 establishments in Ohio Newspapers established in 1885