The ''Barren County Progress'' is a weekly newspaper serving

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, including the cities of Cave City, Park City, and

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. Headquartered in Glasgow, the newspaper is owned by Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Progress is printed in the company's plant in

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. This newspaper is part of Jobe Publishing's news and advertising network that serves Barren,

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, Edmonson,

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, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties in

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, meaning that Jobe also publishes the '' Butler County Banner-Republican'', ''

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'', ''The Herald-News of Metcalfe County'', ''Monroe County Citizen'', and the '' Hart County News-Herald'', respectively. All of Jobe's newspapers, including the Progress, are members of the Kentucky Press Association.

History

The newspaper was founded in the 1960s by Aubrey C. and Dorothy Wilson as ''The Cave City Progress.'' The newspaper expanded its coverage area in the late 1970s, opening a news bureau in Glasgow and changing the name to ''The Barren County Progress.'' Editorial management of the newspaper passed on to A.C. Wilson Jr. at about that same time. The parent company became known as Cave Country Newspapers, which subsequently acquired ''The Hart County News'' and ''The Hart County Herald'' in

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. (These newspapers were later consolidated as ''The Hart County News-Herald.'') Under the younger Wilson's leadership, the company also established ''The Monroe County Citizen'' in

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and ''The Metcalfe County Light'' in

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, as well as the failed twice-weekly ''Morning Messenger'' in

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. Wilson Jr. also briefly put the ''Progress'' on a twice-weekly publication schedule in the 1980s, and also dropped the words "Barren County" from the nameplate for several years in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2004, the ''Progress'' and its sister newspapers were sold by Wilson Jr.—by then the sole remaining member of the Wilson family still involved in the business—to Jobe Publishing, Inc., based in Morgantown and publishers of the '' Butler County Banner'' and ''Green River Republican.'' Jobe Publishing subsequently moved their operating headquarters to the Cave Country publishing plant in Horse Cave. The primary competitor of the ''Progress'' was the '' Glasgow Daily Times'', a daily newspaper based in Glasgow. The ''Times'' closed on June 9, 2020, leaving ''The Progress'' as the only remaining newspaper in Barren County.

References

External links

Jobe Publishing, Inc.
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