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Family Owned Newspapers Serving Scott Co. To End Publications Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 5:47 AM

By Larry Duke

The Giveaway, The Scott County Journal and The Chronicle

 After 85 years of covering southern Indiana communities, Green Banner publishing based in Pekin will publish their last papers tomorrow.

Their newspapers cover Washington, Scott, Clark, Harrison and Floyd counties which include The Giveaway, The Scott County Journal and The Chronicle.

Their weekly papers are free, distributed to the communities they serve and paid for through advertising and inserts.

Joe Green, is the Publisher, and is the third generation of the family own paper to run Green Banner Publishing. He and his family have printed thousands of papers over the years in Pekin.

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