Indiana Plain Dealer

The Herald-Press
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Paxton Media Group
PresidentDavid Holgate
EditorWilliam Carroll
Managing editorDavid Nelson (Wabash)
Alex Bracken (Peru)
Ilene Haluska (Huntington)
Founded1848 (as the Indiana Herald)
Headquarters11 S. Broadway St. Peru, IN 46970
Websiteplaindealerin.com

Indiana Plain Dealer is a weekly newspaper covering Peru, Wabash and Huntington, Indiana. It was formed in April 2024 from the merger of the Huntington Herald-Press, Wabash Plain Dealer and Peru Tribune.

History

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The newspaper dates back to the founding of the Indiana Herald in 1848. It was renamed to Huntington Herald in 1887, and in 1930 it merged with Huntington Press and became the Huntington Herald-Press. In the early 1960s, Eugene C. Pulliam, owner of Central Newspapers, Inc., sold the paper to his son-in-law James C. Quayle. He died in 2000 and his wife Corrine Quayle sold the paper in 2007 to Paxton Media Group.[1]

The Peru Tribune was first published on April 16, 1921. Nixon Newspapers sold it to Paxton Media Group in 1998 along with its sister paper, the Wabash Plain Dealer, founded in 1858.[2] In April 2024, Paxton merged the Peru Tribune, Wabash Plain Dealer and Huntington Herald-Press together to form a new weekly publication called the Indiana Plain Dealer.[3]

References

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  1. ^ SNA - Huntington (IN) Herald-Press Sold to Paxton Media Group Archived August 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Bracken, Alex (2024-03-27). "Peru Tribune reflects on 103 years of circulation". Peru Tribune. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  3. ^ Carroll, William (2024-03-28). "Tribune, Plain Dealer and Herald-Press to combine into the Indiana Plain Dealer". Indiana Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
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