Published on Wednesdays, the Press-Tribute covers mostly local news but includes regional, state, and national coverage for its readership when warranted.
The origin of The Press-Tribune can be traced to 1940 when, as the weekly Bossier Tribune, it was in competition with the Planters Press.
In 1945, T. L. Morris sold the Bossier Tribune to Larry Freeman, who was also the publisher of a Jewish newspaper in Shreveport.
[1] In the 1990s, Robert E. "Bob" Barton, the owner of The Press-Tribune at the time and who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000, purchased (from Wilton Corley) the Bossier Banner-Progress, a 131-year-old weekly newspaper that served the parish seat in Benton.
[1] The publisher is David Arthur Specht, Jr. (born 1969) of Specht Newspapers, Inc.[2] The Press-Tribune began daily publication in 2008,[3] but has since been reduced to thrice-weekly publication.