The ''Journal-Express'' was a weekly newspaper in

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. Its publication was discontinued in May 2020, when it was merged with ''

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'', making it one of 16 publications shut down by owner

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due to business losses associated with the

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. It was published on Friday, and had a circulation of 2,034 two years before it was discontinued. The original ''Knoxville Journal'' was founded in 1855 by William Milo Stone, later a Civil War hero and Iowa governor. In those years, the paper expressed the growing sentiments of a newly minted Republican party. The name ''Express'' was added after mergers built out of the old ''Marion County Democrat'' paper, founded in 1865, which itself had evolved into the ''Marion County Express'' in 1879.

Previous names

The following newspaper names preceded the now defunct ''Journal-Express'': * ''The Knoxville Express'' (Knoxville, Iowa) 1884-1986 * ''Knoxville Journal'' (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986 ** ''The Bussey Record'' (Bussey, Iowa) 1950-1951 ** ''Iowa Voter'' (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874 * ''Marion County Express'' (Knoxville, Iowa) 1879-1884 * ''Knoxville Journal'' (Knoxville owa 1855-185? ** ''Knoxville Weekly Journal'' (Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa) 185?-1860 ** ''Marion County Republican'' (Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa) 1860-1867 ** ''Iowa Voter'' (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874

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