For a few years I subscribed to my city's newspaper, because I figured that what I want is a reliable source of local news and not just national news, which I c

For a few years I subscribed to my city's newspaper, because I figured that what I want is a reliable source of local news and not just national news, which I can get anywhere. What I found was that Twitter/X accounts and free news websites peppered with ads were better even for that purpose! The paper I subscribed to would have the front page "news" be a huge history report about some local curiosity (an old prison, or a long-dead civil rights activist, or an industry that no longer exists). However, if I wanted to know information about the local Family Court judge candidates, or why a bridge is closed, or why a protest is happening on a certain street, I'd need to go online anyway. Oftentimes a local TV reporter's Twitter account could give me up to the minute information. The newspaper was not only too slow, oftentimes they wouldn't even bother to cover the interesting event!