The Kentucky New Era is the major daily newspaper in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in the United States.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Paxton Media Group |
Publisher | Taylor W. Hayes |
Editor | Eli Pace |
Founded | 1869 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 1618 E. Ninth Street Hopkinsville |
Circulation | 7,809[1] |
Website | kentuckynewera |
The paper was founded in 1869 by John D. Morris and Asher Graham Caruth, as the Weekly Kentucky New Era.[2][3][4][5]
In 1881, attorney Hunter Wood (1845–1920)[6] became sole owner of the paper.[2] Daily publication began in 1888, although the weekly also continued publication until World War II.[4] Since 1920, it has been the only newspaper published in Hopkinsville.[5]
In 1997, Hunter Wood's great-great-grandson, Taylor Wood Hayes, became CEO and publisher of the paper.[2]
In November 2018, it was announced that the New Era, along with four other papers owned by the family, would be sold to Paxton Media Group.[7]
Among the most bizarre incidents reported on by the New Era is the celebrated Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter with aliens in August 1955.[8][9]
From its founding in 1983 through 2004, Kentucky New Era, Inc. also owned and operated local low-power TV station WKAG-CA.[10][11]