Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska

‘We didn’t want to see the town lose its paper,’ former owners say
  • Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
    Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
  • Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
    Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
  • Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
    Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
  • Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
    Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
PAWNEE CITY, Nebraska — The front page story in a recent edition of the Pawnee Republican solved a local mystery — what happened to the grass-fire rig stolen from the Burchard Fire Department?But the bigger mystery in this southeast Nebraska farm town of 855 people is who’s going to take over the newspaper, the longest continuously published weekly publication in the state?Five years after…

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