[4] The Repository purchased The Canton Daily News in 1927, the year after the gangland assassination of its editor Don Mellett.
[11] Months before it was purchased, The Canton Daily News was awarded the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, "for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R.
[12] Established in 1833 as the Stark County Democrat, The Canton Daily News ceased publication July 3, 1930.
The Repository newspaper contains daily sections for nation & world, opinion, Stark & Ohio, obituaries, classified ads, sports, advise and comics.
Weekly covered sections, some with inconsistent publication days, are: The company's domain name, cantonrep.com, was created Oct 31, 1996.