Still standing, still serving: 160 Years of the Advocate-Messenger - The Advocate-Messenger

Still standing, still serving: 160 Years of the Advocate-Messenger - The Advocate-Messenger

By: Casey Roberts and Josely Labarrere Staff Reporters   What began in 1865 as a weekly four-page paper run on hope and ink has, 160 years later, become one of the most enduring pillars of journalism in Kentucky. The Advocate-Messenger—born of mergers, editorial feuds, technological revolutions, and shifting reader loyalties—has not only chronicled the pulse of Boyle County, it has shaped it. And if the past century and a half is any indication,…