The Tempe Daily News was an afternoon newspaper that was published in Tempe, Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

, a suburb of Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

. It was founded in 1887.

It was published by Francis Connolly from 1944, and then by his widow Irma Connolly after his death in 1978.

It was purchased by Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

 in 1980, and its name was changed to the Tempe Daily News Tribune in 1986. In 1997, it was combined with other Cox-owned area newspapers into what was first called "The Tribune" and later the East Valley Tribune

East Valley Tribune

The East Valley Tribune is a publication concentrating on cities within the East Valley region of metropolitan Phoenix, including Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert and Queen Creek....

.