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List of newspapers in Ohio

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Source revisionAug 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ6630543 ↗
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This is a list of newspapers in Ohio. Eight of these are part of the Ohio News Organization and most are part of the Ohio Newspaper Association.

Major papers

Akron Beacon Journal - Akron

The Repository - Canton

The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati

The Plain Dealer - Cleveland

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus

Dayton Daily News - Dayton

The Blade - Toledo

Tribune Chronicle - Warren

The Vindicator - Youngstown

Daily newspapers

Akron Beacon Journal - Akron

The Alliance Review - Alliance

Ashland Times-Gazette - Ashland

Star Beacon - Ashtabula

The Athens Messenger - Athens

Beavercreek News-Current - Beavercreek

The Bryan Times - Bryan

The Daily Jeffersonian - Cambridge

The Repository - Canton

Geauga County Maple Leaf - Chardon

Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe

The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati

Ameriska Domovina - Cleveland

The Daily Standard - Celina

The Plain Dealer - Cleveland

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus

Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton

Dayton Daily News - Dayton

The Crescent-News - Defiance

The Delaware Gazette - Delaware

The Review - East Liverpool

Fairborn Daily Herald - Fairborn

The Courier - Findlay

The News-Messenger - Fremont

Gallipolis Daily Tribune - Gallipolis

Journal-News - Hamilton

The Times-Gazette - Hillsboro

Huber Heights Courier - Huber Heights

Ironton Tribune - Ironton

Record-Courier - Kent-Ravenna

The Kettering Sentinel - Kettering

Lancaster Eagle-Gazette - Lancaster

The Lima News - Lima

Morning Journal - Lisbon and Columbiana County

The Logan Daily - Logan

The Morning Journal - Lorain

Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield

The Marietta Times - Marietta

Martins Ferry Times Leader - Martins Ferry

The Marysville Journal-Tribune - Marysville

Medina County Gazette Leader Post – Medina

The Independent - Massillon

The Middletown Journal - Middletown

The Times Reporter - New Philadelphia

The Advocate - Newark

Norwalk Reflector - Norwalk

Norwalk Ohio News - Norwalk

Piqua Daily Call - Piqua

The Daily Sentinel - Pomeroy

Portsmouth Daily Times - Portsmouth

Salem News - Salem

The Sandusky Register - Sandusky

Scioto Valley Guardian - Chillicothe

The Sidney Daily News - Sidney

Springfield News-Sun - Springfield

Herald-Star - Steubenville

Urbana Daily Citizen - Urbana

Tribune Chronicle - Warren

Record Herald - Washington Court House

The News-Herald - Willoughby

The Daily Record - Wooster

Xenia Daily Gazette - Xenia

The Vindicator - Youngstown

Times Recorder - Zanesville

Weirton Daily Times - Steubenville

Nondaily newspapers

Cleveland Jewish News - Beachwood

The Sentinel-Tribune - Bowling Green

News on the Green - Brookfield

Harrison News-Herald - Cadiz

The Journal and The Noble County Leader - Caldwell

Centerburg Gazette - Centerburg

American Israelite - Cincinnati

Cincinnati CityBeat - Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Herald - Cincinnati

The Catholic Telegraph - Cincinnati

Circleville Herald - Circleville

Sun News - Cleveland

Call and Post - Cleveland

Dirva - Cleveland

West Park Times - Cleveland

Columbus Alive - Columbus

The Columbus Free Press - Columbus

The Ohio State Sentinel - Columbus

The Other Paper - Columbus

Active Dayton - Dayton

The Oakwood Register - Dayton

Crescent News - Defiance

The Register-Herald - Eaton

The Enon Eagle - Enon

Sunday Times-Sentinel - Gallipolis

The Neighborhood News-Garfield Heights Tribune - Garfield Heights

The Weekly Villager - Garrettsville

The Granville (Ohio) Sentinel - Granville

The Daily Advocate -Greenville

Heath News Heath, Ohio

The Highland County Press - Hillsboro

The Telegram - Jackson

Gazette Newspapers - Jefferson

Johnstown Journal - Johnson

The Western Star - Lebanon

Logan-Hocking Times - Logan

Maple Heights Press - Maple Heights

The Marietta Register - Marietta

The Vinton County Courier - McArthur

The Community Post - Minster

Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon

New Carlisle News - New Carlisle

The Oxford Press - Oxford

Perry County Tribune - New Lexington

The News - Newcomerstown

Pataskala Post - Pataskala

Paulding County Progress - Paulding County

The West Bend News - Paulding County

The Beacon - Port Clinton

Springboro Star-Press - Springboro

Ohio Valley Newspaper - Steubenville

Swanton Enterprise - Swanton

Tippecanoe Gazette - Tipp City

Toledo Free Press - Toledo

Miami Valley Today - Troy

Troy Tribune - Troy

Utica Herald - Utica

Fulton County Expositor - Wauseon

The Pike County News Watchman - Waverly

The People's Defender - West Union

News Journal - Wilmington, Ohio

Monroe County Beacon - Woodsfield

Yellow Springs News - Yellow Springs

The Blade - Toledo

Valley Press - Newark

The Times Bulletin - Van Wert

Student newspapers

The Buchtelite (University of Akron) - Akron

Flyer News (University of Dayton) - Dayton

The Lantern (Ohio State University) - Columbus

The Miami Student (Miami University) - Oxford

The Post (Ohio University) - Athens

The Wittenberg Torch (Wittenberg University) - Springfield

The Wright State Guardian (Wright State University) - Fairborn

Defunct newspapers

The Athens News (1977-2026)

The Akron Press joined in 1925 with Akron Times to be The Akron Times-Press.

The Barberton Herald (1923-2022)

Celina Democrat (1895–1921)

The Cedarville Herald (from July 1890 to December 1954)

Cincinnati Herald

The Cincinnati Post (1881–2007)

Cincinnati Times-Star (1880–1958)

Cincinnati Volksfreund

Cleveland Leader

Cleveland News (1905-1960)

Cleveland Press (1878-1982)

Commercial Register (Sandusky) (1859–1869)

The Columbus Citizen-Journal (1959–1985)

Columbus Star

Daily Register (Sandusky) (1856–1859)

Dayton City Paper (April 2003 to September 2018)

Dayton Journal-Herald

Evening and Morning Star (Kirtland)

Holmes County Republican

The Jackson County Times-Journal (Jackson) (?-2018)

The Louisville Herald

Penny Evening Telegram (Springfield) (1860s)

The Philanthropist (Cincinnati) (1836–1843)

Sandusky Clarion (1822–1852)

Sandusky News (?-1941)

Sandusky Star-Journal (?-1929)

Springfield Republic

Tägliches Cincinnati Volksblatt (1836–1919)

Toledo News-Bee

Toledo Commercial (1892–1900)

Toledo Times (1900–1975)

The Yellow Springs American (from June 11, 1953 through at least April 15, 1954)

See also

References

External links

Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Ohio", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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