''The Advocate-Messenger'' is a newspaper published Tuesday and Friday in
Danville, Kentucky
Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes ...
. The printed version of the newspaper is delivered by US mail.
The newspaper serves central Kentucky, with distribution primarily in
Boyle
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,
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
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,
Casey,
Mercer
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, and
Garrard counties.
History
* ''The Kentucky Advocate'' began publication in Danville on June 24, 1865, as a Democratic party supporter.
[Griffin, Richard W., ''Newspaper Story of a Town: A History of Danville Kentucky'', Danville Advocate Messenger, Danville KY, 1965]
* ''The Kentucky Tribune'' began publication in Danville in 1843 as a Whig party supporter, later changing to a Republican party supporter. In 1887 it was renamed ''The Danville Democrat'' and in 1893, renamed again to ''The Danville News''. In 1907, it merged into ''The Kentucky Advocate''.
* ''The Boyle County Herald'' began publication in Danville in the 1880s and merged into ''The Kentucky Advocate'' in 1907.
* ''The Daily Messenger'' began publication in Danville in 1910.
* ''The Advocate-Messenger'' is the result of the merger in 1940 of ''The Kentucky Advocate'' and ''The Daily-Messenger''.
* The paper was purchased by
Schurz Communications
Schurz Communications is a South Bend, Indiana-based broadband media group and cloud services provider. It owned newspapers.
History
The company was founded in 1872 by Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett with the creation of the ''South Bend ...
of
South Bend, Indiana
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 United S ...
in 1978.
* In 2013, Advocate Messenger printing operations moved from Danville to
Winchester Kentucky.
* Boone Newspapers formed a subsidiary, Bluegrass Newsmedia LLC. In 2016, the subsidiary purchased the paper in 2016 along with The Winchester Sun, The Jessamine Journal, and The Interior Journal.
* In 2020, the four Bluegrass Newsmedia papers eliminated their sports staffs, which were mostly one-person departments. A column in the ''Winchester Sun'' noted that "Most people seeking news about high school and youth sports get that information immediately by attending the games, via social media or through web sites like MaxPreps and others. The days of the newspaper needing to write long narrative recaps of every sporting contest are gone."
The newspapers plan to continue sports coverage via reader submissions and human interest pieces.
References
External links
Official websiteWebsite for owner Boone NewspapersOfficial Facebook page
Danville, Kentucky
Newspapers published in Kentucky
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