After the Civil War, publications of the "Rome Courier" were restored and Dwinnell regained ownership of the newspaper's operations. Famous journalist, Henry W. Grady, wrote for the revitalized newspaper during a brief period following the war. In 1885, Dwinnell sold the "Rome Courier" and it was renamed the "Tribune of Rome" in 1887. After a merger with the "Rome Herald" in 1908 and the "Rome News" in 1923, the newspaper was officially renamed "The Rome News-Tribune" in 1923. The Mooney family maintained ownership of the newspaper for much of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century (1928–2015) and eventually sold the newspaper to the parent company of the "Marietta Daily Journal."