Barren County Progress

Barren County Progress Kentucky’s fastest growing community newspaper. A member of the Jobe Publishing News Network. Jobe Publishing Inc. Find us online at www.jobeforkentucky.com
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(JPI) was formed by Don Lorenz and Jeff Jobe on February 1, 1998 with the purchase of The Butler County Banner-Green River Republican community newspaper. Lorenz was a successful entrepreneur and business owner while Jobe had traveled the US working for large corporate owned newspapers. The small newspaper had served the Morgantown, Kentucky community since 1865. In 2003, the family chose to buy t

he full newspaper operation of AC Wilson called Cave Country Newspapers, Inc. The purchase included real estate, four newspapers, and a printing facility. There were lean years and this time was focused on survival and eliminating company debt; all debt assumed and stock purchased by Jeff Jobe in 2007. Jobe has since then purchased three Patsy Judd newspapers, the Bill Canty newspaper and Matt Pedigo’s newspaper making the company the largest family owned newspaper company in Kentucky. Jobe runs an aggressive news and marketing operation that has lead them to eliminate competition because few understand the foundation has always been truth; which at times is difficult and not popular. serves communities with offices in Morgantown, Edmonton, Brownsville, Burkesville, Russell Springs, Horse Cave, Scottsville and Glasgow. Each maintain their own local news operations and are combined for regional marketing opportunities.

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Glasgow, KY

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+12706592146

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Jobe Publishing, Inc., was established in February 1998 with the purchase of The Butler County Banner-Green River Republican in Morgantown, Ky., papers with origins dating to 1864. The company now serves communities throughout South Central Kentucky with hometown newspapers in Barren, Butler, Hart, Metcalfe and Monroe counties. As well, JPI Publishing is a full-service web and sheet-fed book and bindery publishing company with more than 36 years of personal, business, and industrial printing experience. Niche products include tourist guides, local and regional magazines, books, and we have now grown to offer online access to our publishing products. Our operations are housed in six local offices located in the downtown business areas in the communities we serve, with a 23,000 sq. ft. production facility located on five acres in Horse Cave, Ky. Jobe Publishing, Inc., is the fastest-growing family-owned single generation newspaper company in Kentucky. From that first single purchase in 1998, the company has grown to now owning and/or printing 15 hometown and regional newspapers, several full-color, glossy professionally-bound magazines, and has assisted in publishing more than 40 books for churches, businesses and individual authors.

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