Newspapers of Lincoln Parish
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| Name | Publication dates | Frequency | Comments |
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| The Ruston Daily Leader | 1894 - Present | Daily | "The" area paper |
| The Mourning Paper | 1976 - Present | Weekly | 1994 Loeb Award |
| Progressive Age | 1890 - 1916 | Weekly | on microfilm at LSU |
| Vienna Sentinel | 1873 - 1880's | Weekly | on microfilm at LSU (Thanx-L.M.) |
| News-Star | ???? - Present | Daily | Monroe paper also serving Ruston |
| The Ouachita Citizen | 1925 - Present | Weekley | Serving Ouachita Parish out of Monroe |
| The Times | ???? - Present | Daily | Shreveport paper also serving Ruston |
| Louisiana Weekly Journal | 1888 - 1890 | Weekly | on Microfilm at LSU |
| Guardian-Journal(Homer) | 1890 - current | Weekly | merged w/ LA weekly journal |
| Colored Globe | 1904 - 1905 | Weekly | African-American |
| New Era | 1904 - 1908 | Weekly | African American |
| Gramblinite | 1936 - 1973 | Weekly | African American |
| Monroe Free Press | 1969 - Present | Weekly | African American |
| The Jackson Independent News | 1892 - Present | Daily | Serving Jackson parish out of Jonesboro |
| The Times-Picayune | 1840 - Present | Daily | The State's most famous paper out of New Orleans |
Are you aware of any local newspapers that I may have left off this list? If so, E-mail me, David A Lewis so that I may correct any ommisions (or mistakes). Additionally if you know where to find any back copies or microfilm of any early editions, please let me know so that I may pass on the information to our fellow family historians. And finally keep in mind Lincoln Parish sits between two large cities, Shreveport and Monroe, so any newspaper searching you do may lead you to the papers of that area.
I've added this query from the USgenweb volunteer who runs the Union parish web page.
WANTED:
Copy of old weekly newspapers in area which contain the name of
editors: Merril or Thaxton Parish. My g-grandpaw and his brother published a weekly in the Vernon
area in the 1890s and early 1900s. Thaxton went on to work for the associated press in New Orleans, after
his last paper in Jena in the 1910s.Please email :
Randy Decuir