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==Sources==
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*[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/paper-a.htm#Alamo History & Genealogy - Newspapers at TSLA]
*[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 The Crockett Times]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncrocke/newspapers/times-index.html Rootsweb]
*[http://www.house.gov/tanner/media.htm Congressman John Tanner - 8th district media]
*[http://www.house.gov/tanner/media.htm Congressman John Tanner - 8th district media]



Revision as of 20:27, 11 February 2007

The Crockett Times
File:CrockettTimes.jpg
The September 14, 2006 front page of The Crockett Times.
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Crockett Times, Inc.
PublisherPatricia Sims
Founded1873
HeadquartersAlamo, Tennessee, USA
Circulation4200

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.

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