The county seat had numerous newspapers. Echo Publishing Company was founded in 1897. It was the first steam-powered press in Sulphur Springs. After the first plant was lost to a fire, a new plant was constructed that used gasoline as fuel. In 1884, the "Sulphur Springs Enterprise" was founded. In the same year, James Harvey "Cyclone" Davis, a Populist (People's Party) US congressman, founded the "Alliance Vindicator"; it was published until 1901. John S. Bagwell bought the "Hopkins County Echo" in 1916. In 1924, the "Texas Star" was merged into the "Daily News Telegram." The "Daily News Telegram" later was renamed the "Daily Gazette" and still later the "Weekly Gazette". Eventually, all these newspapers were merged into the "Sulphur Springs News-Telegram" and the "Hopkins County Echo", both of which still operate.