Helen . Ok I think I found it Mrs. Roper's mother, Mrs Dora Smith, published the first newspaper, BERNIE INDEPENDENCE in 1899,Since then Bernie has had several newspapers. In 1905 the the Bernie star was published by J.B. Daniels. Other publishers were John Russell, Dewitt Henderson: O.B. Parrott, and Claud Wilkins, Other names of newspapers of Bernie include the BERNIE BANNER,BERNIE NEWS, BERNIE TIMES, BERNIE NEWSBOY and presently THE POST TRIBUNE. also Bernie Independent