About Us

A Brief History of the Recorder

The Weekly Recorder is a 124 year old weekly newspaper that was started in Claysville, Pennsylvania, US. It has been printed every week except for one three month period in 1960's. It was founded by Mr. Irwin, who sold it in its first year to the Melvin family. George Melvin sold it in the 1960s, after briefly closing it, to Gene Shaw. Shaw ran the company till 1973, when he sold it to "Buck" and Betty Jones. They continued the newspaper until the sold in 1982 to Douglas Teagarden. Teagarden ran the paper until 2002 when he sold it Cody Knotts. On  Aug 8th, 2011 Mr. Knotts sold the paper to DFM Publishers LLC (current owners). DFM has been focusing the paper on local, state, and national politics as well as general interest areas. The paper will continue to be available in Washington Co. as well as new areas such as Butler Co.

New owners, DFM Publishers, LLC., plan to keep the paper political in nature, but there will be changes made. You will see changes to the layout as well as the content. There will be more articles about both politics and other matters. We want to increase the enjoyment and information you get from the paper. We can promise that everything we print will be rooted with facts and truth. We not only see this paper as a business, but as a media outlet to inform and let the voice of the people be heard.