▁ ▁Category : Free ▁system ▁software ▁Category : Java ▁platform ▁Category : X Query ▁process ors ▁Category : X S LT ▁process ors <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Her ald - Times ▁is ▁a ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁serving ▁Blo om ington , ▁Indiana ▁and ▁surrounding ▁areas . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁won ▁the ▁Blue ▁Rib bon ▁Daily ▁award ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁naming ▁it ▁the ▁best ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Indiana ▁in ▁those ▁years . ▁ ▁The ▁newspaper ▁is ▁the ▁current ▁inc arn ation ▁of ▁a ▁business ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁the ▁Blo om ington ▁Tele phone , ▁named ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁in vention . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁Tele phone ▁merged ▁with ▁the ▁Even ing ▁World ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁Blo om ington ▁World - T ele phone . ▁Another ▁paper , ▁the ▁Blo om ington ▁Daily ▁Her ald , ▁was ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁and ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁those ▁papers ▁merged ▁into ▁the ▁Daily ▁Her ald - T ele phone . ▁The ▁word ▁Daily ▁was ▁dropped ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁Her ald - Times ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁while ▁the ▁newspaper ▁switched ▁from ▁an ▁evening ▁publication ▁to ▁a ▁morning ▁publication . ▁ ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁produced ▁a ▁joint ▁Sunday - only ▁publication ▁with ▁its ▁sister ▁newspaper