Kansas Community Newspaper Comeback

There are a ton of negative stories about Kansas hitting the mainstream this week. 

We could have used this post to highlight voter access crackdowns or at-risk education cash.

However . . . This story about the return of local papers and young people at work in Kansas is worth a moment of consideration if only to contradict constant negativity about Sunflower State life.

Take a look . . .

"KPV publishes three weekly newspapers, with readers across four counties in south-central Kansas. They have the Hillsboro Free Press, a free weekly with 5,500 readers. In Newton, they publish the weekly Harvey County Now, and they have The Clarion in Andale, a newspaper with a history spanning more than a century.

"KPV is decidedly diversified. In addition to the newspaper division, KPV operates Zen Print, a promotional products division; an IT/data division; and a book-publishing brokerage."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas Publishing Ventures. Producing award-winning local journalism and have a lot of fun while doing it - Editor and Publisher

The small town of Newton, Kansas, may lack a great live-music bar to draw young people out on the weekends, according to the majority owner of Kansas Publishing Ventures, but what it does have is a local media company that deeply cares about the community.