Tulsa County News is a weekly legal newspaper focusing its coverage on the interests of Southwest Tulsa. The paper is published every Wednesday, with mail delivery to local subscribers on Thursday.

Founded in 1922, the paper has had several names under several owners, including West Tulsa News, Southwest Tulsa News, and Tulsa County News.

The paper’s primary interest historically has been the area south and west of the Arkansas River including the communities of Berryhill, Carbondale, Garden City, Oakhurst, Prattville, Red Fork, and West Tulsa. This includes the Webster High School and Clinton Middle School feeder patterns, and Berryhill schools, as well as parts of Jenks and Sand Springs school systems.

Since June 2008, Tulsa County News has been published by Tulsa County Publishing, Inc.

The Tulsa County News has been continuously published since 1922, and has undergone several name changes under several owners.

The weekly newspaper was founded as the West Tulsa News. In 1927, John W. “Jack” Anderson acquired the paper and operated it until his death in 1951, when his son DeWitt and wife Nina took over the paper’s operation.

Dexter Publishing Co. purchased the paper in 1955, and changed its name to Tulsa County News. Dexter Moss, Sr., was president of the company and Dexter Moss, Jr., was publisher. Dexter Publishing Co. in 1926 had purchased the Tulsa Daily Legal News.

Bill Retherford acquired the paper in 1965. Tulsa County News was the first of many papers Retherford purchased in the Tulsa metro as he built the Neighbor-Newspapers chain. The newspaper’s name was changed to Southwest Tulsa News in 1991, and changed back to Tulsa County News in 2002.

Community Publishers, Inc., of Bentonville, AR, acquired Neighbor-Newspapers after Retherford’s death in 2005, and Mike Brown became publisher. In April 2008, CPI announced it planned to cease publication of Tulsa County News.

In May 2008, Tulsa County News was purchased by Tulsa County Publishing, Inc. The first issue under the new management was June 4, 2008, and the paper was changed from a tabloid format to a broadsheet, and the office returned to Southwest Tulsa on Southwest Boulevard.

Gary Percefull is president of Tulsa Publishing Inc. He and his wife and business partner Linda Jordan are co-publishers of the Tulsa County News. Longtime staffer Anna Brown is managing editor.