by Tom Emery The newspapers of the northern Macoupin County towns of Girard, Virden and Palmyra have come to an end. The Girard Gazette, Virden Recorder and Northwestern News ceased publication last week. The final issue of each paper was June 3. Readers were informed with a front-page letter in each edition, as well as a similarly-worded auto-response email. The papers were part of a chain owned...
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