The final edition of the "News Leader" was printed on May 30, with the single headline, "Nevermore." On the same day, the paper also printed a special commemorative magazine showing past front pages from the "News Leader" reporting on historic events from the 1890s to the 1990s, including the Hindenburg disaster, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the John F. Kennedy assassination, the Challenger disaster, and the First Persian Gulf War. The magazine also featured letters to the editor by local readers, many of whom had read the "News Leader" for decades, who wrote about numerous personal experiences tied with the paper. Staff members were transferred to the "Times-Dispatch" after the merger took place.