Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer is a daily newspaper in Columbus, Georgia, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published seven days a week.

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer was founded in 1828 as the Columbus Enquirer by Mirabeau B. Lamar. In 1874, the weekly Columbus Enquirer merged with Columbus's first daily newspaper, the Daily Sun, to form the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. The newspaper was published under this name for many years before eventually dropping the hyphen and reverting back to the name Columbus Enquirer. It was purchased by R. W. Page in 1930. For many years the morning Columbus Enquirer and the afternoon Columbus Ledger, a newspaper founded in 1886, and also owned by R. W. Page, published a combined Sunday edition known as the Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. Knight Newspapers acquired the company in 1973, and in 1988 the newspapers merged the daily edition as well, adpoting the name Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Knight Ridder was acquired by The McClatchy Company in 2006. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun was awarded the 1926 & 1955 Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service.

Circulation: 31,975 copies

This newspaper is owned by The McClatchy Company.

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