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Newspapers and News Sources

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Kentucky Newspapers Online

The Newspaper Archive at MSU
The Newspaper Archive of Morehead State University consists of digitized microfilm of local and regional newspapers from Eastern Kentucky held in University Library's periodicals collection dating from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

Lexington Herald-Leader
Contains all of the news, features, sports and entertainment articles written by the staff at the Lexington Herald-Leader and provided by the major wire services. Also includes content from the web edition and blog.

Subject Coverage:
Lexington local news, Kentucky state government news, thoroughbred horse racing and breeding, and the coal industry
Dates of Coverage:
April 25, 1983 to present
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
not available
Lexington Herald-Leader -- [Image Edition]
This is a special, direct link to the image edition of the newspaper. Use the other, regular link to search the complete archive.

Subject Coverage:
Lexington local news, Kentucky state government news, thoroughbred horse racing and breeding, and the coal industry
Dates of Coverage:
September, 2017 to present
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
not available
Historical Newspapers: Kentucky Collection (Previously Louisville Courier-Journal)
U.S. State Collections offer cover-to-cover access to local and regional newspapers (1883–present) with full-page PDFs documenting major historical and cultural events. Every page is full-text searchable.

Subject Coverage:
Kentucky news, national news, international news

Dates of Coverage:
2008 to recent (3 month embargo)

Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
unknown

Note:
Click here to locate issues earlier than 2008 and the most recent issues in print.

Kentucky Digital Newspapers
Is a digital archive of historic Kentucky newspapers.

Subject Coverage:
local news events
Dates of Coverage:
1787 to 2018
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
more than 86,000 items

Kentucky Newspapers in Print @ CCL

Appalachian News-Express
County: Pike

City: Pikeville
http://www.news-expressky.com/

Greenup Gazette
County: Greenup

City: Greenup

Bath County News-Outlook
County: Bath

City: Owingsville

Independent
County: Boyd

City: Ashland
http://www.dailyindependent.com/

Bracken County News
County: Bracken

City: Brooksville

Martin County-Tug Valley Mountain Citizen
County:Martin

City: Inez

Flemingsburg Gazette
County: Fleming

City: Flemingsburg

Mt. Sterling Advocate
County: Montgomery

City: Mount Sterling

Floyd County Chronicle & Times
County: Floyd
City: Prestonsburg
http://www.floydcountytimes.com/

State Journal

County: Franklin

City: Frankfort

https://state-journal.com

Last Updated: Nov 20, 2025 4:47 PM
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