Providence - Webster County, KY:  The Journal-Enterprise and iSurfWebster.com announce their media partnership to provide Webster County Kentucky with a dynamic, daily, online newspaper. 

This partnership combines 105 years of rich, local publishing history with the technology available in an online delivery system.  The combination provides news as it happens in Webster County with the professional coverage still found in Wednesday's print edition of The Journal-Enterprise.  

The Journal-Enterprise has been Webster County's most trusted news source for 105 years. The weekly publication was known as The Providence Journal when it began in 1905 and its owners also published The Dixon Journal, another weekly paper.

The two combined in the middle 1900's to become The Journal-Enterprise. Then owner J. L. Bradley of Providence also published a smaller paper each Friday called The Clay Tribune. It was combined with The Journal-Enterprise in 1968.

Edd and Sue Hust of Sebree purchased The Journal-Enterprise in 1963. Edd had worked at the Sebree Banner throughout high school and after graduation. He later worked at the Evansville Courier as a linotype operator. Sue worked at Sebree Deposit Bank.

Upon purchase of The Journal-Enterprise, Edd and Sue, along with their four children Barbara, Billy, Charlie and Betsy moved to Providence. The Hust family's hard work and dedication to the newspaper and to the citizens of Webster County turned a small weekly newspaper into one of the top publications of its size in the state. The J-E has won many Kentucky Press Association Awards in all areas of news and sports reporting and photography as well as numerous editorially content as well. Under the direction of the Hust family, the newspaper grew from a small 10-12 weekly edition to over 28 pages per week. The circulation also flourished throughout those years.

Charlie Hust took over the day-to-day operational control of The J-E upon his graduation from Georgetown College in 1980. Having worked throughout his high school years at the newspaper in all phases of the publication, he turned his focus on growing the newspaper in both advertising revenues and circulation upon his return to Providence. He was named Publisher of the paper in 1990 upon the semi-retirement of Edd and he still holds that title. He, along with his sisters Barbara and Betsy, purchased the newspaper in 1996 and remain owners today.

Despite slumping sales and advertising revenue in the newspaper industry in the past 10 years, The Journal-Enterprise remains strong financially and is still the "total news source for Webster County", combining a award-winning weekly publication along with a heavily-visited website.  iSurfWebster.com brings the Information Technology, graphics, video, and search engine optimization features critical in today's online media.  The partnership with iSurfWebster.com (a subsidiary of iSurf WKY, Inc. also locally owned) provides Webster County a community website without a county line.

Exciting features of The "New" Journal-Enterprise online include the following:
-Articles can be emailed, printed, or made into a pdf via icons at the top right of the page.
-All articles are archived for easy retrieval at any time via the search site bar at the top right.
-Submit news with photos and events via ADD News at the top left of any page.
-Comprehensive Community Calendar welcoming ALL events -FREE classifieds with 4 photos, see Classifieds page with easy link at the top right of any page. (registration is required) -Journal Enterprise Fan Page, Newsletters, Twitter, YouTube, and Flicker Photos

To submit information simply register via the link at the top right of the site and after receiving and activating your validation link sent by the system to your email.  Thereafter, login and use the easy features at the top left or right of any page for news, events, and free classifieds.  All online content in keeping with the guidelines of both The Journal-Enterpriseand iSurf WKY Inc policy must conform to "Family Friendly" guidelines as posted.  Any information submitted in conflict with these guidelines will not be published, the provider barred from all iSurf sites, and, if necessary, information provided to the proper authorities. 

The Journal-Enterprise and iSurfWebster.com welcome your information and the opportunity to provide Webster County Kentucky a full service online newspaper.   Send your news to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and make The Journal-Enterprise online your homepage!

Charlie Hust, Publisher - The Journal-Enterprise
iSurfWebster.com a subsidiary of iSurfWKY, Inc.