The Press-Sentinel

The Press-Sentinel is a local newspaper in Jesup, Georgia, United States.

History

The newspaper was created in 1977 from the merging of two competing newspapers, the Wayne [County Press] and the Jesup Sentinel, both of which probably existed most of a century before that time. The earlier origins of the paper are difficult to verify, as most records were destroyed in a fire in 1926, but certain pieces of information date from the 1880s. It currently has a circulation approximately close to 10,000, mostly within Wayne County, Georgia.
Since 1983, it is wholly owned by W.H. "Dink" NeSmith, Jr., who owns it as part of Community [Newspapers Inc.|Community Newspapers, Inc.], also owned by him. Partner of the same corporation and president of the newspaper since 1997, Eric Denty serves as editor-in-chief.