The ''Kingsburg Recorder'' is a weekly paper covering

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and the surrounding communities of

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. The paper is owned by Lee Central California Newspapers which, in 2015, combined the ''Kingburg Reporter'' with the '' Selma Enterprise'', consolidating printing operations at the ''

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'' printing location. The ''Recorder/Enterprise'' is edited by Jenny McGill.

History

Founded in 1904 by P.F. Adelsbach, by 1907 the ''Recorder'' was a ten-page weekly published on Wednesdays. P.F. Adelsbach helped to found the Central California Press Association and served as its first secretary-treasurer. Adelsbach was also proprietor and editor of the Selma Enterprise. Adelsbach was sometimes known by the name Percy Adams. Tragedy struck the paper in 1911, when a young printer, Harrison Teas shot himself in the head at the ''Kingsburg Recorder'''s office. P.F. Adelsbach's wife found the body the following day. The apparent suicide was seen as unexpected, as the young man had not reportedly shown signs of despondence. A year later, printer Fred Anderson had his finger cut off while printing the paper. B.W. McKeen became owner of the Kingsburg Recorder in 1912. In 1928, B.W. McKeen sold the paper to F.I. Drexler. In 1951, Edwin E. Jacobs Jr. sold the ''Recorder'' to Roy Brock. In 1984, Roy Brock, publisher of the ''Recorder'' and ''Selma Enterprise'' won the Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year Award from the California Press Foundation. Roy's son, James Brock, who was also a publisher of the ''Recorder'' won the same award in 1999. James Brock sold the Recorder and Selma Enterprise in 2000 to

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, along with a free advertiser, the ''South County News''. The paper became part of Lee Central California Newspapers in 2013, part of

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, along with ''Hanford Sentinel'', ''Lemoore Navy News'', ''Kingsburg Recorder'', and ''

''. Lee Central decided to combine the Selma Enterprise with the ''Kingsburg Recorder'' in July 2015, consolidating printing operations at the ''Santa Maria Times'' printing location.

Awards

California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest

2016 George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service

References

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