Bixby Bulletin
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Community Publishers, Inc.
Founder(s)
  • W. W. Stuckey
  • Paul Tyler
PublisherMike Brown
EditorJo-Ann Jennings
FoundedFebruary 24, 1905 (1905-02-24)
Ceased publicationJuly 31, 2014 (2014-07-31)
Circulation2,000[1]
OCLC number33481929
Websitebixbybulletin.com

The Bixby Bulletin was a weekly broadsheet newspaper published in Bixby, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, from 1905 to 2014.

History

The newspaper was founded by W.W. Stuckey and Paul Tyler,[2] Its first issue, Volume 1, Number 1, was dated February 24, 1905.[3][4] It was the oldest continuously operating business in Bixby, and had a circulation of about 2,000.[1][2]

Community Publishers Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired the paper in 2005.[5] In 2012, the Bulletin was combined with the Jenks Journal and Glenpool Post to form the South County Leader.[6]

The South County Leader has ceased publication. The last edition was Volume 109, Number 23, dated July 31, 2014.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b About us, Bixby Bulletin Online (accessed February 16, 2010).
  2. ^ a b "Communication Comes to Bixby", Bixby Historical Society (accessed February 18, 2010).
  3. ^ Dianna Everett, "Bixby" Archived July 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (accessed February 18, 2010).
  4. ^ About this newspaper: Bixby Bulletin at Chronicling America (accessed February 18, 2010).
  5. ^ "Arkansas company buying Retherford Publications", Tulsa World, October 27, 2005.
  6. ^ a b Jennings, Jo-ann (July 31, 2014). "Newspaper to Cease Publication". South County Leader. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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