The
Evansville Courier was founded in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney. Its first issue was printed two years before the city had a charter. The
Evansville Press was founded in 1906 by
Edward W. Scripps as an afternoon daily. Both papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the
Evansville Press was flooded and the
Evansville Courier agreed to print their competitor's paper. In 1938, the two papers formed a
joint operating agreement to handle business affairs. The two papers retained separate staffs and editorial policies, but published a joint Sunday edition with two editorial pages from the two papers. The
E. W. Scripps Company sold the
Press and bought the
Courier in 1986. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the
Courier. The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the
Evansville Press was discontinued as a separate newspaper on December 31, 1998. The
Courier was renamed the
Courier & Press on January 1, 1999. In 2015, the newspaper was purchased by
Gannett. In March 2022, the
Courier & Press moved to a six-day printing schedule, eliminating its printed Saturday edition. ==Notable contributors==