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 *Len Sanderson, Jr. – first director of ''The Town Talk'''s Baton Rouge bureau, 1974; chief of staff to Governor Roemer (1988); later a business consultant
-*[[George  W. Shannon]] (1914–1998) – joined The Town Talk in 1938; later the editor of the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]''
+*[[George  W. Shannon]] (1914–1998) – joined ''The Town Talk'' in 1938; later the editor of the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]''
 *Richard P. Sharkey - former city editor, assistant managing editor, photo editor, production editor, multimedia editor, features editor, special projects editor, and current reporter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140721/NEWS01/307210012/Meet-staff-Richard-Sharkey-reporter|title=Meet the staff: Richard Sharkey, reporter|publisher=''The Town Talk''|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>

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 *Ira Wallace Anthony (1936–2010)— wire services editor and copy editor from 1963 to 2007
-*James R. "Jim" Butler, Jr. — former managing editor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/lovepurple/2013/11/01/1212/|title=Billy Gomila, Manship School of Mass Communication celebrates 100 years of journalism education|publisher=sites01.lsu.edu|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
+*James R. "Jim" Butler, Jr. — former managing editor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/lovepurple/2013/11/01/1212/|author=Billy Gomila|title=Manship School of Mass Communication celebrates 100 years of journalism education|publisher=sites01.lsu.edu|accessdate=December 11, 2013; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
 *William F. "Bill" Carter (1928–1995)<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index Interactive Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>—sports editor in second half of 20th century

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 On the acquisition of ''The Town Talk,'' Louis A. Weil III, Central Newspapers' chief executive officer, said that under Smith’s leadership, “the newspaper has become one of the premier medium-sized dailies in the South. It fits with our goal of acquiring newspaper properties with a strong position in their market area and a proven history of journalistic integrity."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Jan_10/ai_17999674 |publisher=Business Wire | title=Central Newspapers to acquire Alexandria Daily Town Talk |date=January 10, 1996}}</ref> Weil's analysis was in sharp contrast to that of [[Adras LaBorde]], who in 1945 launched a 32-year career with the newspaper. At the time, LaBorde described ''The Town Talk'' as "an overgrown country weekly published on a six-day basis." The publication had indeed changed little in the years between 1925 and 1945.<ref>[[Adras LaBorde]], quoted in Fredrick M. Spletstoser, ''Talk of the Town: The Rise of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the Daily Town Talk'', [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2005, p. 130.</ref>
-Paul Vincent Carty (born 1952) became the executive editor of ''The Town Talk'' on July 7, 2003. Prior to his appointment, he was managing editor of Gannett’s ''Star-Gazette'' in Elmira, [[New York]], since 2001. Carty started his journalism career in 1980 at the ''Clearwater Sun'' in Clearwater, [[Florida]], owned by Jefferson-Pilot Communication. He has since worked for newspapers owned by Landmark Communications Inc. in [[Norfolk]], Virginia, and Elizabethtown, [[Kentucky]]; and for Knight Ridder Inc. in  [[Pennsylvania]], and Bradenton, Florida.  He is a former instructor in the [[Pennsylvania State University]]'s College of Communications.<ref>[http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/june/nw0627-1.htm]</ref>He now resides in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.<ref>Paul Carty (Vincent), 68 - Newtown Square, PA Has Court Records at MyLife.com™, accessed May 26, 2021.</ref>
+Paul Vincent Carty (born 1952) became the executive editor of ''The Town Talk'' on July 7, 2003. Prior to his appointment, he was managing editor of Gannett’s ''Star-Gazette'' in Elmira, [[New York]], since 2001. Carty started his journalism career in 1980 at the ''Clearwater Sun'' in Clearwater, [[Florida]], owned by Jefferson-Pilot Communication. He has since worked for newspapers owned by Landmark Communications Inc. in [[Norfolk]], Virginia, and Elizabethtown, [[Kentucky]]; and for Knight Ridder Inc. in  [[Pennsylvania]], and Bradenton, Florida.  He is a former instructor in the [[Pennsylvania State University]]'s College of Communications.<ref>[http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/june/nw0627-1.htm]; no longer on-line.</ref>He now resides in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.<ref>Paul Carty (Vincent), 68 - Newtown Square, PA Has Court Records at MyLife.com™, accessed May 26, 2021.</ref>
 Under the McCormick heirs, ''The Town Talk'' considered itself a politically [[Independent voter|Independent]] newspaper and did not endorse candidates. Since Gannett Co. Inc. purchased the newspaper in 2001, the paper has begun endorsing candidates. In 2004, for example, it endorsed Alexandria [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jock Scott]] in his unsuccessful race for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. In 2007, it supported Republican [[Bobby Jindal]] in his successful race for [[governor]].<ref>"Central La. Politics: Alexandria Town Talk Endorses Jindal," centrallapolitics.blogspot.com, October 2007; no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

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 ''The Town Talk'' was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1883.<ref name=gan>{{cite web|title=The Town Talk|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/alexandria.htm|accessdate=May 19,2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> It was owned by the original [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] founders, including Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Huie, and their heirs until 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], then the 15th-largest newspaper company in the [[United States]]. The parent company was called “McCormick & Company, Inc.” Central Newspapers was purchased in 2000 by Gannett of McLean, [[Virginia]],<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/star/history/2000/star_sold.htm];"Star sold to Gannett," no longer on line.</ref> was owned until his death by Eugene S. Pulliam, the maternal uncle of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]].
-In 1962, [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]], became [[publisher]] of ''The Town Talk.'' He was the husband of Jane Wilson Smith (1922–1992), a McCormick heir whose family owned the newspaper. Over the years, Smith was also the general manager, president, and chairman of the board. Under his tutelage, ''The Town Talk'' became the first daily newspaper in Louisiana to become [[computer]]ized. He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news.<ref>[http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/OPINION/803220327]</ref> Some four years after the death of Jane Smith, Smith sold to Central Newspapers for $62 million.
+In 1962, [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]], became [[publisher]] of ''The Town Talk.'' He was the husband of Jane Wilson Smith (1922–1992), a McCormick heir whose family owned the newspaper. Over the years, Smith was also the general manager, president, and chairman of the board. Under his tutelage, ''The Town Talk'' became the first daily newspaper in Louisiana to become [[computer]]ized. He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news.<ref>[http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/OPINION/803220327]; no longer on-line.</ref> Some four years after the death of Jane Smith, Smith sold to Central Newspapers for $62 million.
 On the acquisition of ''The Town Talk,'' Louis A. Weil III, Central Newspapers' chief executive officer, said that under Smith’s leadership, “the newspaper has become one of the premier medium-sized dailies in the South. It fits with our goal of acquiring newspaper properties with a strong position in their market area and a proven history of journalistic integrity."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Jan_10/ai_17999674 |publisher=Business Wire | title=Central Newspapers to acquire Alexandria Daily Town Talk |date=January 10, 1996}}</ref> Weil's analysis was in sharp contrast to that of [[Adras LaBorde]], who in 1945 launched a 32-year career with the newspaper. At the time, LaBorde described ''The Town Talk'' as "an overgrown country weekly published on a six-day basis." The publication had indeed changed little in the years between 1925 and 1945.<ref>[[Adras LaBorde]], quoted in Fredrick M. Spletstoser, ''Talk of the Town: The Rise of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the Daily Town Talk'', [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2005, p. 130.</ref>

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 In 1962, [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]], became [[publisher]] of ''The Town Talk.'' He was the husband of Jane Wilson Smith (1922–1992), a McCormick heir whose family owned the newspaper. Over the years, Smith was also the general manager, president, and chairman of the board. Under his tutelage, ''The Town Talk'' became the first daily newspaper in Louisiana to become [[computer]]ized. He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news.<ref>[http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/OPINION/803220327]</ref> Some four years after the death of Jane Smith, Smith sold to Central Newspapers for $62 million.
-On the acquisition of ''The Town Talk,'' Louis A. Weil III, Central Newspapers' chief executive officer, said that under Smith’s leadership, “the newspaper has become one of the premier medium-sized dailies in the South. It fits with our goal ,f acquiring newspaper properties with a strong position in their market area and a proven history of journalistic integrity."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Jan_10/ai_17999674 | work=Business Wire | title=Central Newspapers to acquire Alexandria Daily Town Talk |date=January 10, 1996}}</ref> Weil's analysis was in sharp contrast to that of [[Adras LaBorde]], who in 1945 launched a 32-year career with the newspaper. At the time, LaBorde described ''The Town Talk'' as "an overgrown country weekly published on a six-day basis." The publication had indeed changed little in the years between 1925 and 1945.<ref>[[Adras LaBorde]], quoted in Fredrick M. Spletstoser, ''Talk of the Town: The Rise of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the Daily Town Talk'', [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2005, p. 130.</ref>
+On the acquisition of ''The Town Talk,'' Louis A. Weil III, Central Newspapers' chief executive officer, said that under Smith’s leadership, “the newspaper has become one of the premier medium-sized dailies in the South. It fits with our goal of acquiring newspaper properties with a strong position in their market area and a proven history of journalistic integrity."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Jan_10/ai_17999674 |publisher=Business Wire | title=Central Newspapers to acquire Alexandria Daily Town Talk |date=January 10, 1996}}</ref> Weil's analysis was in sharp contrast to that of [[Adras LaBorde]], who in 1945 launched a 32-year career with the newspaper. At the time, LaBorde described ''The Town Talk'' as "an overgrown country weekly published on a six-day basis." The publication had indeed changed little in the years between 1925 and 1945.<ref>[[Adras LaBorde]], quoted in Fredrick M. Spletstoser, ''Talk of the Town: The Rise of Alexandria, Louisiana, and the Daily Town Talk'', [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2005, p. 130.</ref>
 Paul Vincent Carty (born 1952) became the executive editor of ''The Town Talk'' on July 7, 2003. Prior to his appointment, he was managing editor of Gannett’s ''Star-Gazette'' in Elmira, [[New York]], since 2001. Carty started his journalism career in 1980 at the ''Clearwater Sun'' in Clearwater, [[Florida]], owned by Jefferson-Pilot Communication. He has since worked for newspapers owned by Landmark Communications Inc. in [[Norfolk]], Virginia, and Elizabethtown, [[Kentucky]]; and for Knight Ridder Inc. in  [[Pennsylvania]], and Bradenton, Florida.  He is a former instructor in the [[Pennsylvania State University]]'s College of Communications.<ref>[http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/june/nw0627-1.htm]</ref>He now resides in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.<ref>Paul Carty (Vincent), 68 - Newtown Square, PA Has Court Records at MyLife.com™, accessed May 26, 2021.</ref>

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 '''''The Town Talk''''', started as '''''The Daily Town Talk''''' in 1883 and later named the '''''Alexandria Daily Town Talk''''', is the major [[newspaper]] of Central [[Louisiana]]. It is published by Gannett in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].
-The daily newspaper has a circulation of some 19,500 daily and 27,500 on Sundays. It covers the news primarily in seven parishes with a population of approximately 400,000. The coverage area reaches from the [[Mississippi River]] on the east to the [[Texas]] border on the west.
+The daily newspaper has a circulation of some 19,500 daily and 27,500 on Sundays. It covers the news primarily in seven parishes with a population of approximately 400,000. The coverage area reaches from the [[Mississippi River]] on the east to the [[Texas]] border on the west. ''The Town Talk'' is now published only on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday.
-''The Town Talk'' was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1883.<ref name=gan>{{cite web|title=The Town Talk|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/alexandria.htm|accessdate=May 19,2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> It was owned by the original [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] founders, including Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Huie, and their heirs until 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], then the 15th-largest newspaper company in the [[United States]]. The parent company was called “McCormick & Company, Inc.” Central Newspapers was purchased in 2000 by Gannett of McLean, [[Virginia]],<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/star/history/2000/star_sold.html Star sold to Gannett<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was owned until his death by Eugene S. Pulliam, the maternal uncle of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]].
+''The Town Talk'' was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1883.<ref name=gan>{{cite web|title=The Town Talk|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/alexandria.htm|accessdate=May 19,2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> It was owned by the original [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] founders, including Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Huie, and their heirs until 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], then the 15th-largest newspaper company in the [[United States]]. The parent company was called “McCormick & Company, Inc.” Central Newspapers was purchased in 2000 by Gannett of McLean, [[Virginia]],<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/star/history/2000/star_sold.htm];"Star sold to Gannett," no longer on line.</ref> was owned until his death by Eugene S. Pulliam, the maternal uncle of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]].
 In 1962, [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]],  became [[publisher]] of ''The Town Talk.'' He was the husband of Jane Wilson Smith (1922–1992), a McCormick heir whose family owned the newspaper. Over the years, Smith was also the general manager, president, and chairman of the board. Under his tutelage, ''The Town Talk'' became the first daily newspaper in Louisiana to become [[computer]]ized. He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news.<ref>[http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/OPINION/803220327]</ref> Some four years after the death of Jane Smith, Smith sold to Central Newspapers for $62 million.

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 The daily newspaper has a circulation of some 19,500 daily and 27,500 on Sundays. It covers the news primarily in seven parishes with a population of approximately 400,000. The coverage area reaches from the [[Mississippi River]] on the east to the [[Texas]] border on the west.
-''The Town Talk'' was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1883.<ref name=gan>{{cite web|title=The Town Talk|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/alexandria.htm|accessdate =May 19,2008; no longer on-line.</ref> It was owned by the original [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] founders, including Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Huie, and their heirs until 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], then the 15th-largest newspaper company in the [[United States]]. The parent company was called “McCormick & Company, Inc.” Central Newspapers was purchased in 2000 by Gannett of McLean, [[Virginia]],<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/star/history/2000/star_sold.html Star sold to Gannett<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was owned until his death by Eugene S. Pulliam, the maternal uncle of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]].
+''The Town Talk'' was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1883.<ref name=gan>{{cite web|title=The Town Talk|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/alexandria.htm|accessdate=May 19,2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> It was owned by the original [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] founders, including Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Huie, and their heirs until 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], then the 15th-largest newspaper company in the [[United States]]. The parent company was called “McCormick & Company, Inc.” Central Newspapers was purchased in 2000 by Gannett of McLean, [[Virginia]],<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/star/history/2000/star_sold.html Star sold to Gannett<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was owned until his death by Eugene S. Pulliam, the maternal uncle of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]].
 In 1962, [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]],  became [[publisher]] of ''The Town Talk.'' He was the husband of Jane Wilson Smith (1922–1992), a McCormick heir whose family owned the newspaper. Over the years, Smith was also the general manager, president, and chairman of the board. Under his tutelage, ''The Town Talk'' became the first daily newspaper in Louisiana to become [[computer]]ized. He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news.<ref>http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/OPINION/803220327</ref> Some four years after the death of Jane Smith, Smith sold to Central Newspapers for $62 million.