''The Marshall News Messenger'' (originally the ''Marshall Morning News'') is a daily

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based in

Marshall, Texas Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County and a cultural and educational center of the Ark-La-Tex region. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the population of ...

History

There have been three newspapers based in Marshall, Texas: the ''Texas Republican'' (1849–1872), the ''Tri-Weekly Herald'' (1874), and the current ''Marshall News Messenger'' (originally the ''Marshall Morning News''). ''The Marshall Morning News'' was founded in 1919, with the first issue appearing September 7. It was founded by Homer Price and Bryan Blalock. Several notable people began careers at ''The Marshall News Messenger'':

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began his

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career at age sixteen as a

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, and popular Texas radio talk show host, Mattie Dellinger, had her first job in journalism there in 1953. The ''Texas Republican'' and the ''Tri-Weekly Herald'', both published by Robert W. Loughery, were credited with aiding the election of

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citizens J.P. Henderson, Edward Clark, and

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to the Governor's office and Louis T. Wigfall to the

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. In the ''Texas Republican'', Loughery defended

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and

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agriculture and supported the secession of

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and later the

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. The election of local citizens and the fiery pro-confederate stance of the ''Texas Republican'' made it one of the most-read papers in Texas and made Marshall a major political center in

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Texas.

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sold the newspaper to ASP Westward in 2009. In 2012, ASP announced the sale of the Marshall and Longview papers, along with 12 of its other non-daily East Texas papers, to Texas Community Media LLC, a new company formed by the longtime owners of the ''

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'' in South Texas. In August 2024, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery. In December 2024, the paper's owner was acquired by

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References

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