The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) Independent" and "The Sunday Independent" namesake, following a redesign. Colonel B.F. Forgey, an Ohio native who bought half an interest in the paper in 1910, is credited with guiding the paper's growth until his death in 1952. The newspaper continued to be privately owned until Ottaway Community Newspapers bought it in 1979, selling it to CNHI in 2002. The circulation in 1920 was 3,500 but increased to 17,000 by 1954 and peaked at 25,000 in 1980. The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) The Daily Independent (also known as The Sunday Independent and formerly known as The Independent from 2003 to 2015)
The National Sports Daily sports news that they could find in their local publications, or the nationally-distributed "USA Today" by comparison, for fifty cents or even less. Despite a last-ditch effort to start an online distribution through Compuserve, which was one of the earliest Internet providers, the declining circulation was enough for "The National" to announce it was ceasing publication. On June 13, 1991, "The National" put out its final issue with its front cover reading "We Had A Ball: The fat lady sings our song." The National Sports Daily The National Sports Daily, simply referred to as The National, was a sports-centered newspaper