Atchison Globe

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{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Atchison Globe

| image =

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| type = Weekly newspaper

| format =

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1877}}

| ceased publication =

| owners = {{ubl|CherryRoad Media|{{smaller|(2023–present)}}}}

| publisher = Stacey Hill

| editor = Steve Booher

| language =

| political =

| circulation = 1,806

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |title=Browse Full Member Database {{!}} Kansas Press Association |url=https://kspress.com/directory/browse-full-member-database |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=kspress.com}}

| headquarters = 308 Commercial St, Atchison, KS 66002

| oclc = 8808079

| website = {{URL|http://www.atchisonglobenow.com|atchisonglobenow.com}}

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The Atchison Globe is a weekly newspaper published in Atchison, Kansas that was founded in 1877 by E. W. Howe.

Also having an online presence,{{Cite web |title = Official Website |url = http://www.atchisondailyglobe.com |accessdate = 6 February 2014}} it was acquired in 2023 by CherryRoad Media.{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2023 |title=CherryRoad Media buys the Atchison Globe |url=https://www.atchisonglobenow.com/news/local_news/cherryroad-media-buys-the-atchison-globe/article_2ae7410c-3210-11ee-9837-7f0230729560.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |work=Atchison Globe |language=en-US}}

History

After acquiring it from the Howe family in 1951, publisher Paul Allingham and Winnie Allingham{{Cite web|title=Lawrence Journal-World - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19521021&id=1C9dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A1sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2552,2022427&hl=en|access-date=2020-09-03|website=news.google.com}} sold the journal in 1979 to Thomson Newspapers. Purchased in 1993 by American Publishing,{{Cite web|title=Lawrence Journal-World - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19930518&id=4lUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4572,6053409&hl=en|access-date=2020-09-03|website=news.google.com}} it was owned by News-Press & Gazette Company until August 1, 2023, when it was sold to CherryRoad Media.

In 1989, its publisher, Larry Sarvey, was murdered at his home after being shot twice by a shotgun. The case was never solved.{{Cite web|last=Bush|first=Ann Marie|title=25 years later, Atchison newspaper publisher's slaying still shocking, confounding|url=https://www.cjonline.com/article/20140802/NEWS/308029871|access-date=2020-09-03|website=The Topeka Capital-Journal|language=en}}

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