ld, businesses must constantly grow, adapt and evaluate to better serve their patrons.

The two Monroe County newspapers–Tompkinsville News and Monroe County Citizen–have agreed to partner to best address this changing world we now live in, and best serve the area.

“There isn’t a day goes by that we don’t witness (our) community coming together to better serve their neighbor, and this is what The Monroe County Press and Jobe Publishing Inc. are announcing this week,” Jeff Jobe of the Monroe County Citizen said.

The two family-owned operations have agreed to partner in helping strengthen our individual bases and to pool our resources to continue bringing you local news in a timely, trusted, and professional manner.

To this end, effective next week, there will no longer be a Monroe County Citizen in print, and The Tompkinsville News will be printed by Jobe Publishing, Inc.

“This effort has been a slow process and one we wanted to be absolutely certain was a good fit for each operation before executing something drastic,” Jobe added.

Jobe Publishing, Inc. has local newspapers, including the Citizen, in seven counties and prints another two weekly newspapers in its Horse Cave facility.

The Tompkinsville News has a long and rich history of serving this community since 1903. It is one of the last family-owned single newspapers in the state, and is currently owned and published by Blanche Bushong Trimble, the third owner of the newspaper since its beginning.

Trimble has created a strong local business that not only provides local news, but her company also operates a full-service print shop along with screen printing, embroidery, and laser engraving services.

Jobe is the owner and publisher of Jobe Publishing, Inc. He began his company in 1998 with the purchase of the Butler County Banner and Green River Republican.

Since that time, the Jobe family business has added six more community newspapers and purchased a commercial printing operation and operated an online media and marketing division and more.