Type Weekly newspaper Owner(s) Jobe Publishing, Inc. Editor Cathy Canty | Format Broadsheet Publisher Bill Canty Founded 1927 | |
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The Edmonson News is a weekly newspaper based in Brownsville, Kentucky, and serving Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky, including Brownsville and surrounding communities. Although is published on Wednesdays every week (excluding the final week prior to New Year's Day), its date line on the front page is printed as the Thursday after publishing. It is also one of the few newspapers in Kentucky that does not offer an electronic edition (e-edition).
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History
The Edmonson News was first established by Perry Meloan in 1927. Bill Canty worked in partnership with Meloan until the latter man died in 1965. After Meloan's death, Canty took over the news paper. Bill Canty has been publishing the newspaper with weekly happenings in the area for a total of 50 years. His wife, Cathy joined the business after their 1971 marriage. The paper's only competition within the county throughout its history is the EdmonsonVoice.com, a free on-line newspaper covering the Edmonson County area, which had launched in October 2014.
In the wake of Bill and Cathy Canty's retirement in 2016, the Edmonson News was purchased by Horse Cave-based Jobe Publishing, Inc., the owner of county newspapers in neighboring Barren, Butler, and Hart counties, along with two additional weekly newspapers in Metcalfe and Monroe Counties. The sale's finalization is scheduled for February 1, 2016. Along with a new front-page design, an online version of the Edmonson News was also made available to subscribers for the first time.
Availability
Even though this newspaper is no longer the main media outlet based in Edmonson County with the addition of a new online publication, EdmonsonVoice.com, it is still available at every convenience store, grocery store, and most local businesses around the county. Brownsville's major convenience stores also offer the Bowling Green Daily News. The newspaper is also available for in-store purchase at a convenience store in Roundhill, Kentucky, thus making the newspaper also available in far eastern Butler County.