This is a list of newspapers in Kentucky.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published) Title Location Established Frequency Publisher Notes Adair County Community Voice Columbia 2002 Weekly Sharon Burton Adair Progress Columbia 1987 Weekly Donna Hancock The Advance Yeoman Wickliffe 1889 Weekly Kentucky Publishing, Inc. The Advocate-Messenger Danville 1940 Tue–Sat Boone Newspapers Created by merger of The Kentucky Advocate and The Danville Daily–Messenger The Anderson News Lawrenceburg 1877 Weekly Paxton Media Group Butler County Banner–Republican Morgantown 1885 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Barren County Progress Glasgow 1882 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Bath County News Outlook Owingsville 1884 Weekly Kentucky News Group Beattyville Enterprise Beattyville 1883 Weekly Nolan Media Group Berea Citizen Berea 1899 Weekly Nolan Media Group The Big Sandy News Louisa 1885 Weekly Big Sandy Publishing Boone County Recorder Burlington 1875 Weekly USA Today Co. Bourbon County Citizen Paris 1807 Weekly Genevieve Brannon Bracken County News Brooksville 1927 Weekly Kathy Bay Breathitt Advocate Jackson 2009 Weekly Bobby Thorpe The Carlisle County News Bardwell 1894 Weekly Kentucky Publishing The Casey County News Liberty 1904 Weekly Paxton Media Group Central Kentucky News-JournalCampbellsville1910Paxton Media Group The Citizen–Times Scottsville 1918 Weekly Robert Pitchford Created from merger between The Citizen (1908) and Allen County Times (1890) Clinton County News Albany 1949 Weekly Allen Gibson The Crittenden Press Marion 1879 Weekly Allison Evans The Courier-Journal Louisville 1868 Daily USA Today Co. Cumberland County News Burkesville Weekly Patsy Judd The Current Fulton 2017 Weekly Magic Valley Publishing Company Created from merger of The Hickman Courier (1859), The Fulton Leader (1989), and The Hickman County Gazette (1904) Cynthiana Democrat Cynthiana 1868 Weekly Paxton Media Group The Daily Independent Ashland 1896 Daily Community Newspaper Holdings Originally of nearby Catlettsburg Dawson Springs Progress Dawson Springs 1919 Weekly Paxton Media Group Eagle Post Oak Grove Weekly Paxton Media Group Free weekly produced by Kentucky New Era Edmonson News Brownsville 1927 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Edmonton Herald-News Edmonton 1882 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Elliott County News Sandy Hook 1940s Weekly Courier Life Publications Flemingsburg Gazette Flemingsburg 1880 Weekly Kentucky News Group Floyd County Chronicle & Times Prestonsburg 2017 Wed, Fri Lancaster Management Created from merger of Floyd County Chronicle and Floyd County Times (1927) Fort Campbell Courier Fort Campbell 1963 Weekly Fort Campbell Advertising sold by Main Street Media of Tennessee The Gallatin County News Warsaw 1926 Weekly Warnick family Garrard Central Record Lancaster 1889 Weekly Ted Cox Grant County News Dry Ridge 1906 Weekly Paxton Media Group Grayson Journal–Enquirer Grayson 1946 Weekly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Created from merger of Eastern Kentucky Journal (1916) and Sandy Valley Enquirer (1936) Greensburg Herald–Record Greensburg 1926 Weekly Walt Gorin Created from merger of The Green County Record (1895) and The Greensburg Herald (1926) Greenup County News–Times Greenup 1930s Weekly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Hancock Clarion Hawesville 1893 Weekly Don Wimmer Harlan Enterprise Harlan 1902 Wed, Sat Boone Newspapers Also known as Harlan Daily Enterprise from 1926 to 2018 Harrodsburg Herald Harrodsburg Weekly April Ellis Hart County News-Herald Munfordville 1989 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Created from merger of The Hart County Herald (1911) and Hart County News (1878) Henderson Gleaner Henderson 1883 Tue–Sun USA Today Co. Henry County Local Eminence 1879 Weekly Paxton Media Group The Herald–Ledger Eddyville 1901 Weekly Paxton Media Group The Herald–News Hardinsburg 1876 Weekly Chris McGehee Hickman County Times Clinton 2010 Weekly Gaye Bencini The Interior Journal Stanford 1872 Weekly Boone Newspapers The Jackson–Breathitt County Times–Voice Jackson 1888 Weekly Nolan Media Group Originally The Jackson Hustler Jackson County Sun McKee 1926 Weekly Nolan Media Group Jessamine Journal Nicholasville 1873 Weekly Boone Newspapers Merged with The Jessamine News–Week in 1957The Kentucky GazetteFrankfort1787Laura Cullen GlasscockStarted as the Kentucke Gazette in Lexington by John Bradford. Kentucky New Era Hopkinsville 1863 Daily Paxton Media Group The Lake News Calvert City 1984 Weekly Loyd Ford The LaRue County Herald Hodgenville 1879 Weekly Paxton Media Group Lebanon Enterprise Lebanon Weekly Paxton Media Group The Ledger Independent Maysville 1968 Mon, Wed–Sat Lee Enterprises Created from merger of The Daily Independent (1907) and The Public Ledger (1913) Leslie County News Hyden 1963 Weekly Vernon Baker Letcher County Community News–Press Cromona 1960 Weekly Mike Whitaker Lewis County Herald Vanceburg 1924 Weekly Dennis Brown Lexington Herald-Leader Lexington 1870 Sun–Fri McClatchy Company Originally Lexington Daily Press Louisville Defender Louisville 1933 Weekly Albin H. Bowman Publishing Louisville Eccentric Observer Louisville 1990 weekly Aaron Yarmuth Free tabloid paper The Manchester Enterprise Manchester 1890 Weekly Nolan Media Group Marshall County Tribune–Courier Benton 1972 Weekly Paxton Media Group Created from merger of The Marshall Courier (1937) and The Tribune–Democrat (1903) The Mayfield Messenger Mayfield 1900 Sun, Wed, Fri Paxton Media Group The McCreary County Voice Whitley City Weekly McLean County News Calhoun 1883 Weekly Paxton Media Group The Meade County Messenger Brandenburg 1882 Weekly Meade Media Group Meade Media Group led by Steven R Laick, purchased The Meade County Messenger in January 2024 Menifee County News Outlook Frenchburg Weekly Kentucky News Group The Messenger Madisonville 1917 Tue–Sun Paxton Media Group Messenger-Inquirer Owensboro 1875 Daily Paxton Media Group Middlesboro Daily News Middlesboro 1911 Tue, Wed, Fri–Sat Boone Newspapers Mountain Advocate Barbourville 1904 Weekly Nolan Media Group Mountain Citizen Inez 1970 Weekly Lisa Stayton The Mountain Eagle Whitesburg 1907 Weekly Ben Gish Murray Ledger & Times Murray 1928 Mon–Sat Lancaster Management Created from merger of The Murray Ledger and The Times-Herald The News–Democrat Carrollton 1930 Weekly Paxton Media Group Created from merger of Carrollton Democrat (1868) and Carrollton News (1892) The News–Democrat & Leader Russellville 1992 Weekly Paxton Media Group Created from merger of The Logan Leader (1968) and The News–Democrat (1912) The News–Enterprise Elizabethtown 1974 Sun–Fri Paxton Media Group Created from merger of The Elizabethtown News (1869) and The Hardin County Enterprise (1926) Olive Hill Times Olive Hill 1969 Weekly Community Newspaper Holdings The Paducah Sun Paducah 1896 Tue–Sun Paxton Media Group The Paintsville Herald Paintsville 1901 Wed, Fri Lancaster Management Pineville Sun–Cumberland Courier Pineville 1908 Weekly Nolan Media Group The Pioneer News Shepherdsville 1882 Mon, Wed Paxton Media Group Richmond Register Richmond 1917 Tue–Sat Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Salyersville Independent Salyersville 1921 Weekly David Prater The Sentinel–Echo London 1908 Weekly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Created from merger of The Mountain Echo (1873; 1877 in London) and London Sentinel (1907) State Journal Frankfort 1902 Tue–Sat Boone Newspapers Merged with The Frankfort News in 1912 The Times–Leader Princeton 1992 Wed, Sat Paxton Media Group Created from merger of Caldwell County Times and The Princeton Leader (1940) Tri–City News Cumberland 1929 Weekly Paul J. Wilder Troublesome Creek Times Hindman 1980 Weekly Karen J. Jones and Sharon Hall The Voice-Tribune Louisville 1949 Monthly Voice-tribune LLC Company Originally The Voice of St. Matthews The Winchester Sun Winchester 1878 Tue–Sat Boone Newspapers Originally The Semi–Weekly Sun and Winchester Sun Business Lexington Lexington Butler County Banner-Republican Morgantown 1885 weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Cadiz Record Cadiz Commonwealth Journal Somerset Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Georgetown News-Graphic Georgetown The Independent Ashland Daily Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Kentucky Enquirer Fort Mitchell USA Today Co. The Kentucky Standard Bardstown Leader-News Greenville, Kentucky Monroe County Citizen Tompkinsville 1990 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Oldham Era La Grange Park City Daily News Bowling Green The Sentinel-Echo London Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. The Sentinel News Shelbyville The Times-Argus Central City The Times LeaderCaldwell County Times-Tribune Corbin Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. The Trimble Banner Bedford The Woodford Sun Versailles weekly
University newspapers
College Heights Herald – Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green The Concord - Bellarmine University The Eastern Progress – Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond The Hill - Henderson Community College The Kentucky Kernel – University of Kentucky, Lexington The Louisville Cardinal - University of Louisville The Murray State News - Murray State University The Northerner - Northern Kentucky University The Patriot Newspaper - University of the Cumberlands The Pinnacle – Berea College, BereaThe Pinnacle The Quadrangle - Jefferson Community and Technical College The Rambler - Transylvania University The Thorobred News - Kentucky State UniversityMass Communications & Journalism The Trail Blazer - Morehead State University, MoreheadThe Trail Blazer
Defunct newspapers Title Locale Year est. Ceased Notes Ref. Adair County News Columbia 1897 1987 Founded by Charles S. Harris.Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 3, 1897)-v. 70, no. 41 (Aug. 10, 1987). Big Sandy News Louisa 1885 1929 Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 27, 1885)-v. 45, no. 3 (Oct. 4, 1929). Merged with: Lawrence County Recorder, to form: Big Sandy News-Recorder. Citizen Voice & Times Irvine 1976 2022 Created from merger of The Estill County Citizen Voice (1973) and The Irvine Times–Herald (1968) The Clay City Times Clay City 1900 2022 Appeared concurrently with Spout Spring Times The Colored Kentuckian Louisville 1867 Unknown Edited by Philip H. Murray Glasgow Daily Times Glasgow 1882 2020 Hartford Republican Hartford 18?? 1926 Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 21 (Dec. 18, 1891). Jeffersonian Jeffersontown 1907 1965 Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 13, 1907)-v. 59, no. 23 (Sept. 30, 1965). Kentucky Irish American Louisville 1898 1968 Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 4, 1898)-v. 140, no. 22 (Nov. 30, 1968). The Kentucky Post Northern Kentucky 1881 2007 Ceased operations December 31, 2007. Louisville Anzeiger Louisville 1849 1938 German-language Louisville Herald Louisville 1869 1925 Merged with Louisville Post in 1925 to form Herald-Post ' Louisville Herald-Post Louisville 1925 1936 Owners: Louisville Times Louisville 1884 1987 After Gannett, bought both the Times and Courier Journal, the Times ceased publication. The Sentinel Radcliff 1961 2022
See also Kentucky media List of radio stations in Kentucky List of television stations in Kentucky Media of cities in Kentucky: Bowling Green, Glasgow, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Louisville Journalism: :Category:Journalists from Kentucky Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting (est. 1999), in Bowling Green Murray State University Department of Journalism and Mass Communications (est. 1975) Kentucky literature
References
Bibliography (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
(Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Kentucky)
External links
(Includes Kentucky newspapers)
Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online library of digitized and digital Kentucky newspapers, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center