List of newspapers in Kentucky
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Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

  • The Advocate Messenger  – Danville
    Danville, Kentucky
    Danville is a city in and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,218 at the 2010 census.Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Boyle and Lincoln counties....

  • The Anderson News
    The Anderson News
    The Anderson News is a weekly newspaper, founded in 1877, serving Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and the rest of Anderson County, Kentucky.It is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of approximately 6,000, with a Monday advertising supplement called The Anderson News Extra, featuring display...

     – Lawrenceburg
    Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
    Lawrenceburg is a city in Anderson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,505 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Anderson County...

  • Barren County Progress
    Barren County Progress
    The Barren County Progress is a weekly newspaper serving Barren County, Kentucky, including the cities of Cave City and Glasgow.The newspaper was founded in the 1960s by Aubrey C...

     – Glasgow
    Glasgow, Kentucky
    Glasgow is a city in and the county seat of Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,200 at the 2000 census. The city is well-known for its annual Scottish Highland Games. In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by Progressive Farmer magazine...

  • Business Lexington  – Lexington
    Lexington, Kentucky
    Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

  • The Cadiz Record
    The Cadiz Record
    The Cadiz Record is a weekly newspaper in Cadiz, Kentucky . It has less than 5,000 subscribers. -History:...

      – Cadiz
    Cadiz, Kentucky
    Cadiz is a city in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,373 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Trigg County. It is an old town located close to the Land Between the Lakes, a popular recreation area, and was a base of Union and Confederate operations in the American...

  • Commonwealth Journal
    Commonwealth Journal
    The Commonwealth Journal is a is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Somerset, Kentucky, and covering Pulaski County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc...

      – Somerset
    Somerset, Kentucky
    The major demographic differences between the city and the micropolitan area relate to income, housing composition and age. The micropolitan area, as compared to the incorporated city, is more suburban in flavor and has a significantly younger housing stock, a higher income, and contains most of...

  • The Courier-Journal
    The Courier-Journal
    The Courier-Journal, locally called "The C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky.- Origins :The...

      – Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

  • The Floyd County Times
    The Floyd County Times
    Floyd County Times is a semi-daily newspaper based in Prestonsburg, Kentucky covering Floyd County, Kentucky....

      – Prestonsburg
    Prestonsburg, Kentucky
    Prestonsburg is a city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It lies in the eastern part of the state, along the banks of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was founded in 1797 by Col. John Preston—for whom it was named—along with Solomon Stratton, Matthias...

  • Georgetown News-Graphic  – Georgetown
    Georgetown, Kentucky
    Georgetown is a city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,098 at the 2010 census. The original settlement of Lebanon, founded by Rev. Elijah Craig, was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts...

  • Glasgow Daily Times
    Glasgow Daily Times
    The Glasgow Daily Times is a six-day afternoon daily newspaper based in Glasgow, Kentucky, and covering Barren County. It publishes on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings. The newspaper is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. , based in Birmingham, Alabama.The newspaper originated in 1865...

      – Glasgow
    Glasgow, Kentucky
    Glasgow is a city in and the county seat of Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,200 at the 2000 census. The city is well-known for its annual Scottish Highland Games. In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by Progressive Farmer magazine...

  • The Harlan Daily Enterprise
    The Harlan Daily Enterprise
    The Harlan Daily Enterprise, serving Harlan County, KY, with a circulation of 6,000, was first published in 1901 as the Harlan Enterprise and began publishing in 1928 as the Harlan Daily Enterprise....

      – Harlan
    Harlan, Kentucky
    Harlan is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,081 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 1,880 in 2007. It is the county seat of Harlan County.-History:...

  • Henderson Gleaner
    Henderson Gleaner
    The Henderson Gleaner is the daily newspaper in Henderson, Kentucky. Its paid circulation is approximately 10,200 copies daily and 11,200 on Sundays, according to the ....

      – Henderson
    Henderson, Kentucky
    Henderson is a city in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River in the western part of the state. The population was 27,952 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Evansville Metropolitan Area often referred to as "Kentuckiana", although "Tri-State Area" or "Tri-State" are more...

  • The Independent
    The Independent (Ashland, Kentucky)
    The Independent is a seven-day morning daily newspaper covering the city of Ashland and surrounding areas of Boyd County, Kentucky. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.Launched December 17, 1896 as the Tri-State Independent Col. G. F...

      – Ashland
    Ashland, Kentucky
    Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...

  • Kentucky New Era
    Kentucky New Era
    The Kentucky New Era is the major daily newspaper in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in the United States.- History :The paper was founded in 1869 by John D. Morris and Asher Graham Caruth, as the Weekly Kentucky New Era....

      – Hopkinsville
    Hopkinsville, Kentucky
    Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :...

  • The Kentucky Standard
    The Kentucky Standard
    -History:The Kentucky Standard was started December 15, 1900 by Jack Wilson, a former employee of the Nelson County Record. The newspaper was sold to the Nelson County Circuit Clerk, Wallace Brown in 1901. The former owner still contributed as an editor for the paper. In 1919 Alfred S. Wathen...

     – Bardstown
    Bardstown, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2010, there were 11,700 people, 4,712 households, and 2,949 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 5,113 housing units at an average density of...

  • Leader-News  - Greenville, Kentucky
    Greenville, Kentucky
    Greenville is a city in and the county seat of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It is named for Revolutionary War General Nathan Greene...

  • Lexington Herald-Leader
    Lexington Herald-Leader
    The Lexington Herald-Leader is a newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and based in the U.S. city of Lexington, Kentucky. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the Herald-Leaders paid circulation is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky...

      – Lexington
    Lexington, Kentucky
    Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

  • Louisville Eccentric Observer
    Louisville Eccentric Observer
    The Louisville Eccentric Observer is a free weekly newspaper , distributed every Wednesday in over 800 locations throughout the Louisville, Kentucky area, including areas of southern Indiana...

     (weekly) – Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

  • The Louisville Voice-Tribune – Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

  • Mayfield Messenger – Mayfield
    Mayfield, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 10,349 people, 4,358 households, and 2,667 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,549.8 people per square mile . There were 4,907 housing units at an average density of 734.8 per square mile...

  • Messenger-Inquirer  – Owensboro
    Owensboro, Kentucky
    Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...

  • Mountain Citizen – Inez
    Inez, Kentucky
    There were 212 households out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone...

  • News Democrat & Leader
    News Democrat & Leader
    The News-Democrat & Leader is a twice-weekly newspaper in Russellville, Kentucky. It has been published since 1806, fourteen years after Kentucky became a state. Russellville is the county seat of Logan County....

      – Russellville
    Russellville, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 7,149 people, 3,064 households, and 1,973 families residing in the city. The population density was 672.1 people per square mile . There were 3,458 housing units at an average density of 325.1 per square mile...

  • The News-Enterprise – Elizabethtown
    Elizabethtown, Kentucky
    Elizabethtown is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in the state...

  • The Oldham Era
    The Oldham Era
    The Oldham Era is a weekly newspaper published in Oldham County, Kentucky. The Oldham Era also owns The Marketplace, a free publication containing advertising and regional classfied advertising....

      - La Grange
    La Grange, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 5,676 people, 2,216 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,514.8 people per square mile . There were 2,330 housing units at an average density of 621.8 per square mile...

  • The Paducah Sun
    The Paducah Sun
    The Paducah Sun is a daily newspaper in Paducah, Kentucky owned by the family-run Paxton Media Group. The paper was formerly known as the Paducah Sun-Democrat. The publisher is Jim Paxton. Gary Adkisson is the general manager. Duke Conover is the executive editor.The Sun is the most-read newspaper...

      – Paducah
    Paducah, Kentucky
    Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River, halfway between the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, to the west and Nashville,...

  • The Paintsville Herald
    The Paintsville Herald
    The Paintsville Herald is a bi-weekly newspaper covering the city of Paintsville, Kentucky and the surrounding communities in Johnson County, Kentucky.The newspaper was first published on May 2,1901....

      - Paintsville
    Paintsville, Kentucky
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,132 people, 1,681 households, and 1,079 families residing in the city. The population density was 786.1 people per square mile . There were 1,901 housing units at an average density of 361.7 per square mile...

  • Park City Daily News
    Park City Daily News
    Park City Daily News is a daily newspaper published in Bowling Green, Kentucky.The current newspaper can trace its roots to the Bowling Green Democrat founded in 1854. A rival paper, The Daily Times, was founded by John B. Gaines in 1882 and the newspapers eventually merged into the predecessor to...

      – Bowling Green
    Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...

  • Richmond Register
    Richmond Register
    The Richmond Register is a seven-day daily newspaper based in Richmond, Kentucky, and covering Madison County. It publishes in the afternoons, Monday through Thursday, and in the mornings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays...

      – Richmond
    Richmond, Kentucky
    There were 10,795 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.6% were non-families. Of all households, 34.7% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had...

  • The Sentinel-Echo – London
    London, Kentucky
    -Education:All of the following schools are administered by the Laurel County School District.-Primary schools:* * * * * * * * * * * * -High schools:* * -Colleges:* Laurel Technical College* * -Notable natives:...

  • The Sentinel News – Shelbyville
    Shelbyville, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 10,085 people, 3,822 households, and 2,549 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,333.5 people per square mile . There were 4,117 housing units at an average density of 544.4 per square mile...

  • State Journal – Frankfort
    Frankfort, Kentucky
    Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States...

  • The Times-Tribune
    The Times-Tribune (Corbin, Kentucky)
    The Times-Tribune is a six-day afternoon daily newspaper based in Corbin, Kentucky, and covering Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties in that state...

      – Corbin
    Corbin, Kentucky
    - Economy :Originally formed by L&N Railroad, rail transport was the backbone of the local economy in the first half of the twentieth century. While the railroad continues to play an important role, the decline of the rail industry in the latter half of the twentieth century, as well as the loss...

  • The Times-Argus -Central City, KY
  • The Trimble Banner – Bedford
    Bedford, Kentucky
    Bedford is a city in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Trimble County....

  • The Woodford Sun (weekly) – Versailles
    Versailles, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35%...



University newspapers

  • College Heights Herald
    College Heights Herald
    The College Heights Herald is the student newspaper of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is published on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the fall and spring semesters of the school year. The school provides staff support and facilities for the newspaper but does not...

      – Western Kentucky University
    Western Kentucky University
    Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

    , Bowling Green
    Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...

  • Kentucky Kernel
    The Kentucky Kernel
    The Kentucky Kernel is the daily student newspaper of the University of Kentucky.The Kernel is distributed free on and around the University of Kentucky campus. It claims a circulation of 17,000 and readership of more than 30,000. Its sole source of revenue is advertising...

    , The – University of Kentucky
    University of Kentucky
    The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

    , Lexington
    Lexington, Kentucky
    Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...


Defunct newspapers

  • The Jeffersonian (newspaper)
    The Jeffersonian (newspaper)
    The Jeffersonian was a weekly newspaper published on Thursdays, in Jeffersontown, Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Jeffersonian was first published on June 13, 1907, and was last published in 1965.-Beginning:...

     – Jeffersontown, Kentucky
    Jeffersontown, Kentucky
    Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Before Louisville and Jefferson County were consolidated in 2003, it was the county's largest city outside of Louisville. The population was 26,633 at the 2000 census.- History :...

     (ceased operation 1965)
  • The Kentucky Post  – Northern Kentucky
    Northern Kentucky
    Northern Kentucky is the name often given to the northernmost counties in Kentucky...

    (ceased operation 31 December 2007)
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