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Daily newspapers

*'' The LaGrange Daily News'',

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*'' The Mount Airy News'', Mount Airy, North Carolina *'' The Laurinburg Exchange'',

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*'' The Union Daily Times'',

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Non-dailies

*'' The Newberry Observer'', Newberry, South Carolina *'' The Pickens Sentinel'', Pickens, South Carolina *'' Easley Progress'',

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*'' The Stokes News'',

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*'' The Jefferson Post'', West Jefferson, North Carolina *'' Rural Hall Weekly Independent'', Rural Hall, North Carolina *'' The Tribune'',

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*'' The Yadkin Ripple'', Yadkinville, North Carolina *'' The Pilot'', Pilot Mountain, North Carolina *'' The Carroll News'',

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*'' The Thomaston Times'', Thomaston, Georgia

Recent changes

In 2005, Mid-South sold the '' Williamson Daily News'', Williamson, West Virginia, and two affiliated weeklies to

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. In 2006, '' The Phenix Citizen'',

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, was sold to Family Media Inc. In June 2007, the remainder of the assets were sold to

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