{{Short description|Newspaper published in Colby, Kansas, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Colby Free Press | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1888 | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = Mullen Newspaper Company | publisher = | editor = | language = English | political_position = | circulation = 1,184 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse Full Member Database {{!}} Kansas Press Association |url=https://kspress.com/directory/browse-full-member-database |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=kspress.com}}</ref> | headquarters = 155 W 5th<br />Colby, KS 66901<br />United States | ISSN = | website = {{URL|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kspress.com/viewRecord.php?recid=1848|title=Colby Free Press|publisher=Kansas Press Association|accessdate=March 6, 2013}}</ref> U.S. Representative John R. Connelly was its owner and editor from 1897 until 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000689|title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: CONNELLY, John Robert, (1870 - 1940)|accessdate=March 6, 2013|publisher=United States Congress}}</ref>
In 2022, the Haynes family sold the ''Colby Free Press'' to brothers Jesse Mullen and Lloyd Mullen of Mullen Newspaper Company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Northwest Kansas newspapers sold to Mullen Newspapers |url=https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-montana-kansas-6642b028f19ae6b80cee51c968f9f8fe |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> In February 2025, Lloyd Mullen bought out his brother. In February 2026, the ''Free Press'' was consolidate with five other papers (''Goodland Star News'', ''St. Francis Herald'', ''Norton Telegram'', ''Oberlin Herald'', and ''Rawlins County Square Deal'') and renamed to the ''High Plains News''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lutz |first=Jeffrey |date=2026-02-26 |title=Six northwest Kansas newspapers will consolidate next week |url=https://www.kwch.com/2026/02/26/six-northwest-kansas-newspapers-will-consolidate-next-week/ |access-date=2026-02-27 |website=KWCH |language=en}}</ref>
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