Type Daily newspaper Publisher Jim Murphy | Owner(s) GateHouse Media Editor Diana Winson | |
Founded January 2, 1922 (1922-01-02) Headquarters 11 East Church Street, Benton, Illinois 62812,
United States | ||
The Benton Evening News is an American daily newspaper published in Benton, Illinois.
In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger. Current owner GateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997.
In addition to Benton, the Evening News covers Christopher, Sesser and Thompsonville, and Franklin County. A sister daily also owned by GateHouse, the Daily American, covers another community in the county, West Frankfort.
References
The Benton Evening News Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA