Evansville Courier & Press

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The Evansville Courier & Press
The July 27, 2005 front page of The Evansville Courier & Press
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	E. W. Scripps Company
Publisher	Jack D. Pate
Editor	Mizell Stewart III
Founded	1845 (as The Evansville Courier)
Headquarters	300 E. Walnut St. Evansville, IN 47702-0268 United States
Circulation	65,900 Daily 89,900 Sunday^[1]

Website: courierpress.com

The Evansville Courier & Press is a local newspaper in Evansville, Indiana. The Evansville Courier & Press serves about 68,000 daily and 90,000 Sunday readers in 30 counties in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. In 2002 and 2004, the newspaper was named the state's "Blue Ribbon Daily" by the Hoosier State Press Association.

The Evansville Courier was opened in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney, and printed its first issue two years before the city had a charter. The Evansville Press was founded in 1906 by Edward W. Scripps as an afternoon daily.

Both papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the Evansville Press was flooded and the Evansville Courier agreed to print their competitor's paper. In 1938, the two papers formed a joint operating agreement to handle business affairs. The two papers retained separate staffs and editorial policies, but published a joint Sunday edition with two editorial pages from the two papers. Then the E.W. Scripps Company sold the Press and bought the Courier in 1986. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the Courier. The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the Evansville Press folded on December 31, 1998. The surviving newspaper was renamed the Evansville Courier & Press.

The newspaper is known for its dedication to community service and commitment to education. As part of the newspaper's 150th anniversary, it planted 150 trees on the University of Southern Indiana campus.