Another future congressman, Edwin Underhill, served as publisher of The Evening Leader and oversaw its repudiation of 19th century-style partisan journalism.
Ownership of the combined afternoon paper remained in the Underhill family until 1972, when it was sold to Howard Publications of California.
[4] Publication was interrupted during late June 1972 during the Hurricane Agnes flood, which caused millions of dollars of damage to the Leader building.
[1] On June 24, 1972, the Leader banded with its competitors to publish a special flood edition called the Leader-Star-Gazette.
The company owns the Steuben Courier of Bath and two other nearby weeklies, The Chronicle-Express of Penn Yan and the Genesee Country Express of Dansville.