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In 1956, he hired [[Sam Hanna|Samuel Andrew "Sam" Hanna, Sr.]], subsequently an award-winning journalist and newspaper entrepreneur in his own right, as an outdoor writer for ''The Morning World.'' By 1963, Hatten had left the Monroe newspapers to enter the [[insurance]] business.<ref name=hannajr/>  

In 1956, he hired [[Sam Hanna|Samuel Andrew "Sam" Hanna, Sr.]], subsequently an award-winning journalist and newspaper entrepreneur in his own right, as an outdoor writer for ''The Morning World.'' By 1963, Hatten had left the Monroe newspapers to enter the [[insurance]] business.<ref name=hannajr/>  

On January 1, 1965, Hatten purchased ''The Ouachita Citizen'' from the families of Lee Hawkins, Amos Hood, and Dewitt Henry. He penned "Inside Straight", an editorial column focused on the people, places and events in Ouachita Parish. ''The Ouachita Citizen'', a weekly newspaper, began in 1924 as the ''West Monroe Churchman''. He published ''The Citizen'' for twenty-one years. Hatten's daughter Beth handled the operations of the business. In 1986, Hatten sold ''The Ouachita Citizen'' to [[Robert E. Barton|Robert E. "Bob" Barton]], an employee of ''The 'Ruston Daily Leader'' in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish. After his time in West Monroe, Barton purchased ''The Bossier Press-Tribune'' in [[Bossier City]]. In 1995, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish and served one term in the chamber<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Hlouisiana.gov|accessdate=June 25, 2018}}</ref> but then lost a race for the state Senate.

On January 1, 1965, Hatten purchased ''The Ouachita Citizen'' from the families of Lee Hawkins, Amos Hood, and Dewitt Henry. He penned "Inside Straight", an editorial column focused on the people, places and events in Ouachita Parish. ''The Ouachita Citizen'', a weekly newspaper, began in 1924 as the ''West Monroe Churchman''. He published ''The Citizen'' for twenty-one years. Hatten's daughter Beth handled the operations of the business. In 1986, Hatten sold ''The Ouachita Citizen'' to [[Robert E. Barton|Robert E. "Bob" Barton]], an employee of ''The Ruston Daily Leader'' in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish. After his time in West Monroe, Barton purchased ''The Bossier Press-Tribune'' in [[Bossier City]]. In 1995, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish and served one term in the chamber<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Hlouisiana.gov|accessdate=June 25, 2018}}</ref> but then lost a race for the state Senate.

In 1996, Hatten resumed ownership of ''The Ouachita Citizen'' but quickly sold to Sam Hanna, Sr., and Hanna's son, Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969) of Monroe, the current publisher of the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/about_us/ouachita_about.html|title=About the ''Ouachita Citizen''|publisher=hannapub.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>The Hanna family also owns and operates the ''Concordia Sentinel'' in Ferriday/Vidalia and the ''Franklin Sun'' in Winnsboro, Louisiana, the birthplace of Sam Hanna, Sr.</ref>

In 1996, Hatten resumed ownership of ''The Ouachita Citizen'' but quickly sold to Sam Hanna, Sr., and Hanna's son, Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969) of Monroe, the current publisher of the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/about_us/ouachita_about.html|title=About the ''Ouachita Citizen''|publisher=hannapub.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>The Hanna family also owns and operates the ''Concordia Sentinel'' in Ferriday/Vidalia and the ''Franklin Sun'' in Winnsboro, Louisiana, the birthplace of Sam Hanna, Sr.</ref>