The Augusta Chronicle is the daily newspaper of Augusta, Georgia , and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament , which is played in Augusta.
10-1182: The Chronicle may refer to: Publications [ edit ] The Augusta Chronicle , Georgia, U.S. The Austin Chronicle , Texas, U.S. The Chronicle (Barton, Vermont) , U.S. The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington) , U.S. The Chronicle (Creswell, Oregon) , U.S. The Chronicle (Dominica) The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Chronicle (St. Helens) , Oregon, U.S. The Chronicle (South Australia) The Chronicle (Two Rivers) , Wisconsin, U.S. The Chronicle (Willimantic) , Connecticut, U.S. The Chronicle (Zimbabwe) The Duke Chronicle Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S. The Houston Chronicle , Texas, U.S. Krónika , Hungarian-language Romanian newspaper The San Francisco Chronicle , California, U.S. The Toowoomba Chronicle , Queensland, Australia Other uses [ edit ] The Chronicle (TV series) , 2001–02 American science fiction television series "The Chronicle" ( Seinfeld ) , ninth-season episode of
20-590: A deal expected to close on October 2. Stephen Wade and Billy Morris will retain their roles as president and publisher respectively. The Morris family will keep ownership of The Augusta Chronicle building and property in downtown Augusta. The sale ended 232 years of local ownership, the last 72 of which had been under the Morris family. Newspapers published by the Chronicle include The Columbia County News-Times , The Hampton County Guardian , The Jefferson News-Farmer , and
30-563: The Sylvania Telephone . This article about a newspaper of the U.S. state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Patrick Walsh (Southern U.S. politician) Patrick Walsh (January 1, 1840 – March 19, 1899) was an American politician and journalist. Walsh was born in Ballingarry, County Limerick , Ireland . With his parents he emigrated in 1852 to Charleston, South Carolina , where he
40-663: The United States Senate . He served as a Democratic senator, April 2, 1894 until March 3, 1895. In 1866 he married Anna Isabella McDonnald, born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, the daughter of John E. McDonnald, a native of Charleston, S.C., and for years a merchant of that city. Her mother was a native of London, England, and when about ten years of age immigrated to the United States and settled in Cambridge. Walsh
50-518: The American sitcom Seinfeld The Chronicles (E.S.G. album) , 2008 hip hop compilation album See also [ edit ] Chronicle (disambiguation) Evening Chronicle (disambiguation) The Chronicle-Journal , Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Chronicle . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-413: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Chronicle&oldid=1188087305 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Lists of newspapers Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Augusta Chronicle The paper
70-725: Was an editor at the Augusta Chronicle and other papers. After the war, he was elected as State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly , serving as a Democrat, from 1872 until 1876. In 1884, he was elected as delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention. He also served as a member of the World's Columbian Fair Commission. In 1894, the Governor of Georgia appointed Walsh to fill an unexpired term in
80-750: Was apprenticed to a printer. While working at this trade he attended night school and eventually entered Georgetown College (now Georgetown University ) in Washington, D.C. , in 1859, where he remained until the American Civil War . In 1861, Walsh returned to Charleston, to fight for the Confederacy . He joined the state militia as a lieutenant of the Meagher Guards of the First Regiment, Carolina Rifle Militia. In 1862 he moved to Augusta, Georgia where he
90-453: Was founded as the weekly Augusta Gazette in 1785. In 1786, the paper was renamed The Georgia State Gazette . From 1789 to 1804, the paper was known as The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State . Patrick Walsh , later a U.S. Senator , joined the editorial staff in 1866 and became owner in 1873. In 1945, former bookkeeper William Morris, Jr. bought a controlling interest in the paper. This
100-544: Was the beginning of Morris Communications , headquartered in Augusta with the Chronicle as its flagship. In addition to a daily online edition, the entire archives back to its founding have been made searchable on the Internet. On 9 August 2017, it was announced that The Augusta Chronicle, along with Morris Communications' entire newspaper division and various periodicals , would be sold to GateHouse Media for $ 120 million in
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