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Colby Free Press

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The Colby Free Press
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Mullen Newspaper Company
Founded1888
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters155 W 5th
Colby, KS 66901
United States
Circulation1,184[1]
Websitewww.nwkansas.com

The Colby Free Press is a local newspaper published in Colby, Kansas. It is the official newspaper for Thomas County, Kansas. It publishes four days a week, Monday and Wednesday through Friday.[2]

U.S. Representative John R. Connelly was its owner and editor from 1897 until 1919.[3]

In 2022, the Haynes family sold the Colby Free Press to brothers Jesse Mullen and Lloyd Mullen of Mullen Newspaper Company.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Browse Full Member Database | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ^ "Colby Free Press". Kansas Press Association. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: CONNELLY, John Robert, (1870 - 1940)". United States Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Northwest Kansas newspapers sold to Mullen Newspapers". AP NEWS. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.