• by Ray Schultz , May 6, 2024

Paxton Media Group (PMG) has acquired Kernersville (North Carolina) News, a twice-weekly newspaper published by the Carter/Owensby-Harrell family since its launch in 1938. 

The terms were not disclosed.

“It is time for the family to move on,” the family says. 

Kernersville News joins almost 20 other Paxton newspapers in North Carolina, which are managed by group publisher Jana Thomasson.

"We are excited to serve the readers and advertisers of the Kernersville News,” Thomasson says. “Our company and staff are committed to providing local news, sports and marketing opportunities to the community."

Also a family enterprise, Paxton Media publishes daily and weekly newspapers in more than 120 communities in the Midwest and South and operates an NBC-affiliated television station.