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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | CherryRoad Media |
| Founded | 1856 |
| Headquarters | 422 Seneca Street,Leavenworth,Kansas 66048, United States |
| Circulation | 3,041[1] |
| Website | LeavenworthTimes.com |
Leavenworth Times is an Americandaily newspaper published inLeavenworth, Kansas. The newspaper is owned byCherryRoad Media.
Founded in 1856 by future United States SenatorRobert Crozier, theTimes claims to be the oldest daily newspaper in Kansas.Daniel R. Anthony, brother ofSusan B. Anthony, bought the paper in 1871 and the paper remained in the Anthony family until the 1960s, even after Daniel Anthony shot and killed rival publisher R.C. Satterlee of theKansas Herald, in 1871 (he was acquitted at trial), and then was shot himself by rival editor William Embry of theDaily Appeal in 1875 (he survived).[2]
In 1966,The Thomson Corporation bought theLeavenworth Times, selling it in 1995 to American Publishing Company (laterHollinger International). During Hollinger's divestment of most of its small papers, Liberty Publishing (later calledGateHouse Media) bought theTimes in 1999.[2] The company later merged withGannett, who sold the paper in 2021 toCherryRoad Media.[3]