- The Crockett Times
Infobox Newspaper
name = The Crockett Times
caption = The September 14, 2006 front page of "The Crockett Times".
type = Weeklynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = 1873
owners = The Crockett Times, Inc.
publisher = Patricia Sims
circulation = 4200
headquarters =Alamo, Tennessee , USA"The Crockett Times" is a weekly community newspaper serving
Crockett County, Tennessee .The paper was first published as "The Crockett County Sentinel" in 1873. In 1933, Leslie Sims began publishing "The Crockett Times" and merged the paper with the Sentinel (of Bells) and "The Tri-County News" (of Friendship). Published in Alamo, it is the oldest continually operated business in Crockett County.
The journalistic focus of the paper is on the people, families, and events in the county's communities.
ources
* [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/paper-a.htm#Alamo History & Genealogy - Newspapers at TSLA]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncrocke/newspapers/times-index.html Rootsweb]
* [http://www.house.gov/tanner/media.htm Congressman John Tanner - 8th district media]
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