Butler County Times-Gazette Explained

The Butler County Times-Gazette is an American daily newspaper published in El Dorado, Kansas. The paper covers several communities in northern and eastern Butler County, Kansas, part of the Wichita metropolitan area. In addition to El Dorado, The Times-Gazette coverage area includes Benton, Leon, Potwin, Towanda and Whitewater.

History

The Times-Gazette was founded in 1919 through the merger of two competing El Dorado dailies, the El Dorado Republican (founded May 5, 1885) and the Walnut Valley Times (founded March 4, 1870, daily since March 1, 1887).

GateHouse Media merged the operations of the Times-Gazette with the Andover American and Augusta Daily Gazette. The publication was renamed from the El Dorado Times to the Butler County Times-Gazette.

Gannett sold the paper in 2021 to CherryRoad Media.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of newspapers in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: About The El Dorado Times. Chronicling America . . June 7, 2012.
2. Web site: 2021-09-24 . CherryRoad Media Acquires 20 Newspapers in Four States . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011160712/https://www.cherryroad.com/2021/09/24/cherryroad-media-acquires/ . October 11, 2021 . 2023-09-04 . CherryRoad Technologies . en-US.
3. Web site: Roundtree . Mark . Stultz . Jennifer . September 23, 2021 . Several Kansas Gannett papers are being purchased by CherryRoad Media . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210923223508/https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/09/23/cherryroad-media-announces-purchase-13-kansas-newspapers/5834999001/ . September 23, 2021 . 2023-09-04 . . en-US.