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General & Reference >Kentucky Newspapers and Magazines

Contributor -- Angel Clemons, University of Louisville
The Advocate-Messenger
Danville's online daily newspaper provides free access to headline news, sports and entertainment. In addition, The Advocate-Messenger provides access to agricultural links, an "Area Guide," and "History." For cover-to-cover coverage, click on Subscribe to the Advocate Messenger link.
Barbourville Mountain Advocate Online
This newspaper, serving Barbourville and Knox County, provides online access to top news stories, two regular columns, and local obituaries.
Big Sandy News
Big Sandy News, eastern Kentucky's oldest newspaper, covers news from Lawrence, Martin, Johnson, Floyd, and Magoffin counties. The online version provides free access to the news, sports, and public record of the region as well as classifieds, an archive, and letters to the editor.
Bowling Green Daily News
The Bowling Green Daily News online is packed full of information including the local news of Bowling Green and Warren County, as well as sports, entertainment, features, classifieds, community information, and opinion pages. This site also has a keyword searchable archive dating back to 1997. The last seven days of the paper are available for browsing.
Business First of Louisville
The online weekly business newspaper of greater Louisville. "The stories from the print edition are posted to the web on Monday mornings. Only a limited number of articles are posted to the web. Certain features from the paper, such as the complete Top 25 List, record materials and special publications, are not available on the web." This site allows searching of its archive back to 1996.
CKNJ Online
Campbellsville's online newspaper provides free access to the headline news, sports, classifieds, and opinions.
The Commonwealth Journal
The Commonwealth Journal, serving Somerset and Pulaski County, is the area's only daily newspaper. In addition to local and national news and sports, the online version of this newspapers includes business news, a lifestyles section, and community information.
Corbin Times Tribune
The online version of this newspaper provides the reader with indepth information about the community, its events, news, and sports information as well as an opinion page, classifieds, and letters to the editor.
The Courier-Journal
In addition to providing free access to the top stories covering local, national, and business news, Louisville's online daily newspaper also provides access to The Louisville Scene, Louisville's "guide to movies, music, nightspots, restaurants and the arts."
Crittenden Press Online
This newspaper, which serves Marion Kentucky, contains sections on local news, sports, weekly columnists, area farm market reports, and community information. The online version also includes a six month article archive and an obituary archive dating back to 1999.
Cumberland County News
Cumberland County News is a weekly online newspaper. It provides free access to the lead stories. In addition, it provides access to approximately a year's archive of articles. To subscribe, click on "Subscription Forum."
The Daily Independent
Ashland's daily online newspaper provides free access to top stories in news, business and sports. For subscription information, click on "Contact Us."
The Floyd County Times
The Floyd County Times is published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It has free access to local news, lifestyles, sports and classifieds. To subscribe, click on "Subscriptions."
Franklin Favorite
The online edition of this weekly newspaper serving Franklin, Kentucky provides access to local news, sports, classifies, obituaries, and community information as well as a keyword searchable archive dating back to 1999. The last four days of the newspaper are available for browsing.
Georgetown News-Graphic
Georgetown's tri-weekly online newspaper provides free access to the headline news, sports, business, and classifieds. In addition, the Georgetown News-Graphic contains a searchable archive that dates back to 1998. To subscribe, click on "Subscription Information."
Glasgow Daily Times
Glasgow's daily online newspaper provides free access to the featured news stories in local news, sports, and business. For subscription information, click on "About" and call the newspaper.
The Gleaner
Henderson's daily online newspaper provides free access to the past 2 months' top news stories, sports and columns. To subscribe to this newspaper, clink on "Subscribe."
Grant County Online
Williamstown's online newspaper provides free access to the headline news. For subscription information, click on "Subscribe."
Harrodsburg Herald
This newspaper, which serves Harrodsburg and Mercer County, provides access to local headline news, sports, obituaries, editorials, and classifieds.
Henry County Local
The online version of the Henry County Local, which serves New Castle, Kentucky and surrounding areas, provides access to front page news, “sports shorts,” and community information.
Herald Ledger
The Herald Ledger, Eddyville and Lyon County’s weekly newspaper, provides online access to local news, sports, obituaries, and weather.
Jessamine Journal
This weekly newspaper serving Nicholasville, Wilmore, and Jessamine County provides online access to local news, sports, and a variety of features including local business & agricultural information, classifieds, editorials, obituaries, social news, and public records. There is also an archive dating back to January 2002.
Kentucky New Era
Hopkinsville's daily online newspaper provides free access to the lead stories, sports, and classifieds. In addition, this site includes a searchable archive that dates back to Aug. 1, 1999. For subscription information, click on the "Subscribe" link.
The Kentucky Post
Covingtons's daily online newspaper provides free access to today's headline news, sports, business news, sports. In addition, The Kentucky Post, contains an archive back to 1997 and provides links to the AP wire and to The Cincinnati Post. For subscription information, click on "subscribe."
The Kentucky Standard
Bardstown's weekly online newspaper provides free access to front page news, key sport stories, and community calendar. For subscription information, click on subscribe to the Kentucky Standard.
The Ledger-Independent
Maysville's daily online newspaper allows free viewing of top news stories, editorials, sport, and classifieds. To subscribe, click on the "Subscribe Now!" button.
The Lexington Herald-Leader
This is Lexington's daily online newspaper. At this site you have free access to selected top news, sport, business, and "Nation & World" stories. To subscribe, click on "Newspaper Subscriptions."
The Messenger
Madisonville's newspaper online allows free access to the front page and allows archival browsing of the past seven days. In addition to the front page access, The Messenger provides free access to a "Photo Gallery", "Teen Talk", and the "AP Wire." For subscription information, click on the "Circulation" button.
Messenger-Inquirer
Owensboro's online paper provides access to the full paper including classifieds, features, opinions, sports and more.
Morehead News
Morehead's online newspaper, includes local news, letters to the editor, calendar, business news, sports and more.
Murray Ledger & Times
Murray's newspaper online newspaper provides free viewing of the current weeks top stories in news and sports. In addition, the obituaries and classifieds are available for viewing. For subscription information, click on the "Circulation" button.
The News Enterprise
The News Enterprise is Elizabethtown's online daily newspaper. It provides access to top news stories, The Wire (Associated Press News), classifieds, and information on Hardin County schools.
News-Democrat & Leader
The News-Democrat & Leader, is Russellville's weekly newspaper. Access is provided to top stories, farm news, sports, and a business directory. In addition, the News-Democrat & Leader has an email news service available for free.
The News Journal
The News Journal provides local news access for Williamsburg, Corbin, and London. In addition, there is a link to AP news. To subscribe, click on "Subscription Info."
Newspaper Links
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The Oldham Era
Oldham County newspaper provides access to news briefs, sports, local school information, classifieds.
The Paducah Sun
Paducah's daily newspaper allows free access to front page news, classifieds, and the weather. To access the full newspaper, contact the Paducah Sun by clicking on the "Subscriptions" button.
The Paintsville Herald
Paintsville's weekly newspaper provides free access to front page news, sports, lifestyle, and classifieds. To subscribe, click on "How to subscribe to the Paintsville Herald Plus."
Sentinel-News
Shelbyville's weekly newspaper provides free access to headline news, top sport stories, and local community and school information. For subscription information, call 502/633-2526.
The Times Leader
Princeton's bi-weekly newspaper is published every Wednesday and Saturday. The Times Leader does not provide free access. To subscribe, email the paper at times-leader@wkynet.com.
Tribune Courier
The Tribune Courier Interactive is Marshall County's online news source. Here you can find access to local news, sports, features, obituaries, editorials, classifieds, weather, tv listings and much more.
Union County Advocate
Morganfield's weekly newspaper provides free access to local news and sports. Local news includes agriculture, Business, and government news.
The Winchester Sun
Winchester's daily newspaper provides free access to front page local news, sports, and the classifieds. For subscriptions information, click on the "Mail us" link.

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 09-Oct-2007 11:08:47 EDT