The ''Butler County Banner'', also known as the ''Green River Republican'', is a weekly newspaper based in
Morgantown, Kentucky, and serving
Butler County in west-central
Kentucky, including
Morgantown,
Aberdeen,
Jetson,
Dunbar,
Huntsville,
Sugar Grove,
Brooklyn,
Quality,
Roundhill,
Rochester
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. It is a once-a-week newspaper that publishes on Wednesdays, and it is owned by and the flagship weekly newspaper of Jobe Publishing, Inc. based in
Horse Cave, Kentucky.
This newspaper is part of Jobe Publishing's news and advertising network that also serves
Allen,
Barren
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Cumberland
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,
Edmonson,
Hart,
Metcalfe,
Russell
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, and
Monroe Counties in
Kentucky in addition to Butler County, meaning that Jobe also publishes the ''
Barren County Progress
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'', ''Cumberland County News'', ''
Edmonson News
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'', ''The Herald-News of Metcalfe County'', ''Monroe County Citizen'', ''The Times Journal'', ''The Citizen-Times'' and the ''
Hart County News-Herald''. All of Jobe's newspapers, including the Banner, are members of the Kentucky Press Association.
History
The first ever edition of the ''Banner'' was published in 1885.
Jobe Publishing acquired the ''Banner-Republican'' in February 1998. This purchase also marked Jobe's debut as a newspaper publisher.
Jobe Publishing, Inc., About Us
/ref> In the 2000s, the Green River Republican merged with the Butler County Banner, and it was consolidated as the once-a-week ''Butler County Banner-Republican''.
Newspaper staff
Newspaper staff as of March 2019
*Lynzie Embry-Jones Managing Editor
References
External links
Jobe Publishing, Inc. Official websiteButler County Banner/Green River Republican
on Facebook
Butler County, Kentucky
Newspapers published in Kentucky
Publications established in 1885
Morgantown, Kentucky
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