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'''Samuel Andrew Hanna, Sr.''', known as '''Sam Hanna''' (August 13, 1933 – January 15, 2006), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] who owned and published three newspapers: ''The Concordia Sentinel'' in Ferriday, ''The Franklin Sun'' in Winnsboro, and ''The Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe.​

'''Samuel Andrew Hanna, Sr.''', known as '''Sam Hanna''' (August 13, 1933 – January 15, 2006), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] who owned and published three newspapers: ''The Concordia Sentinel'' in Ferriday, ''The Franklin Sun'' in Winnsboro, and ''The Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe.

 

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Hanna was born in Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, to Andrew and Elizabeth Hanna. An [[Eagle Scout]] in his youth, Hanna became a lifelong advocate of the [[Boy Scouts]] and received the group's Silver Beaver Award. In 1951, he graduated from Winnsboro High School, since Franklin Parish High School. He then entered [[Louisiana State University]] at [[Baton Rouge]] on a band scholarship, having excelled at the trumpet, which he played in the LSU marching band. He sold advertising and served as the sports editor of the college newspaper, ''The Daily Reveille.'' He received his bachelor's degree in 1955.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2006/mar/04/obituaries-for-jan-18-2006/|title=Obituary of Sam A. Hanna|publisher=natchezdemocrat.com |accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>

 

Hanna was born in Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, to Andrew and Elizabeth Hanna. An [[Eagle Scout]] in his youth, Hanna became a lifelong advocate of the [[Boy Scouts]] and received the group's Silver Beaver Award. In 1951, he graduated from Winnsboro High School, since Franklin Parish High School. He then entered [[Louisiana State University]] at [[Baton Rouge]] on a band scholarship, having excelled at the trumpet, which he played in the LSU marching band. He sold advertising and served as the sports editor of the college newspaper, ''The Daily Reveille.'' He received his bachelor's degree in 1955.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2006/mar/04/obituaries-for-jan-18-2006/|title=Obituary of Sam A. Hanna|publisher=natchezdemocrat.com |accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>​

Hanna launched his working career as a reporter at the ''Bastrop Daily Enterprise'' in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=lsu>"LSU Loses Two Hall of Fame Members," 2006, lsu.edu​.</ref> In 1956, hired by managing editor [[Bert Hatten]], later the [[mayor]] of West Monroe, Hanna became the outdoors writer for the Monroe newspapers, now consolidated as the ''The Monroe News Star'' then owned by the John D. Ewing family and since a Gannett publication. He soon became the ''News-Star'' political editor, through which capacity he covered the state legislature and school [[Segregation|desegregation]].<ref name=lsu/>​

Hanna launched his working career as a reporter at the ''Bastrop Daily Enterprise'' in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=lsu>"LSU Loses Two Hall of Fame Members," 2006, lsu.edu​.</ref> In 1956, hired by managing editor [[Bert Hatten]], later the [[mayor]] of West Monroe, Hanna became the outdoors writer for the Monroe newspapers, now consolidated as the ''The Monroe News Star'' then owned by the John D. Ewing family and since a Gannett publication. He soon became the ''News-Star'' political editor, through which capacity he covered the state legislature and school [[Segregation|desegregation]].<ref name=lsu/>​