Abilene Reflector-Chronicle We welcome letters to the editor as a way to express your opinion and to enjoy your freedom of speech. To be fair, we ask that you address issues, not personalities. Letters may be sent to the publisher at the physical address or via e-mail to publisher@abilene-rc.com. The newspaper reserves the right to edit all letters and also may choose to reject any letter. All letters must be signed and include telephone number and address. In Dickinson County we ask that you provide an address that will be printed with your letter so that we may eliminate any confusion possible with similar names. We live in a free society, and a person should be able to state his or her opinion without fear of retribution. We believe this policy fosters people to submit letters to the editor. Ark City Traveler The Traveler welcomes Letters to the Editor on issues of interest to the community and surrounding area. Letters must be from local residents or individuals with clear ties to the area. Letters must be typed or legibly hand written or emailed. Letters should be clearly labeled, "Letter to the Editor," or "for publication." Letters must include the author's name, address and telephone number for verification purposes. The Traveler reserves the right to edit letters according to length, taste and libel. Letters endorsing or opposing political candidates will not be run three months prior to an election. The Traveler will not run cards of thanks, memorials or poetry on the opinion page. In addition, The Traveler reserves the right to not publish letters submitted. To submit an editorial email news@arkcity.net or mail to: Letters to the Editor, 200 East Fifth Ave., Arkansas City, KS 67005. Baldwin City Signal, Basehor Sentinel, Bonner Springs Chieftain, Eudora News Submitting opinions, articles, photographs, blogs or other creative works (“submitted content”) to {{ site.name }} by way of any of our online content submission forms signifies your granting to {{ site.name }} a nonexclusive license to publish, copy and distribute that submitted content, while {{ site.name }} acknowledges that you are the author of the content. You grant {{ site.name }} permission to publish and republish this submitted content without restriction, in all formats and media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to all electronic rights. Solely by way of example, such rights include the right to convert and store the submitted content on CD-ROM, DVD and other current and hereafter developed formats, the right to place the submitted content in whole or in part on the Internet and other computer networks, and the right to electronically store and retrieve the submitted content in electronic databases. Fort Scott Tribune Letters to the Editor must be 250 words or less. Letters to the Editor must be accompanied by a contact name and contact information. The Fort Scott Tribune does not publish anonymous letters. The Fort Scott Tribune editorial staff must be able to contact you. The Fort Scott Tribune reserves the right to edit letters. Grant County Gazette Our commentary page is open to the public. We gladly accept letters from readers and the community in the form of Letters to the Editor or Columns. Libelous or offensive letters will not be published. Letter to the Editors that are published do not necessarily reflect the views of the Grant County Gazette or its employees. Deadline for the commentary page is Monday at 12 Noon but may be added or omitted on space limitations. Gyp Hill Premiere Due to the volume of letters to the editor and limited space available, The Gyp Hill Premiere has revised its letter policy effective immediately. To be eligible for publication in this paper, a letter’s content must meet the following criteria: 1) contain information of interest to the community that directly affects the City of Medicine Lodge, Barber County or its citizens; 2) contain information on local public policy; or 3) contain a response or correction of content published in this paper for purposes of clarification. Letters in response to items published on the opinion pages may or may not be published, depending on their relevance to the community or content involved. Viewpoints expressed on these pages are the opinions of the authors, and do not reflect the viewpoints of The Gyp Hill Premiere or its staff. Letters to the editor must be typed or neatly handwritten, contain a signature, return address and telephone number for verfication purposes. Letters submitted via e-mail are also welcome, provided that they contain a valid reply-to address. Letters will be published exactly as written, however The Gyp Hill Premiere reserves the right to edit letters for length, spelling, context or clarity as deemed necessary. All letters are subject to review and will be published at the discretion of our editorial staff. Letters that contain offensive or defamatory language, libelous statements or content that is generally intended to defame will not be published. Letters that contain obvious factual errors will not be published, however The Gyp Hill Premiere is not responsible for validating the content of letters. We also reserve the right not to publish letters that do not meet our publication deadline of noon on Friday. A copy of this policy is available at The Gyp Hill Premiere office at 110 N. Main Street during normal business hours. Kansas City Star Send letters of up to 150 words to The Kansas City Star, Letters, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108, or to letters@kcstar.com. Please include name, address and daytime phone number. Letters will be edited for length and clarity and may be published by The Star electronically. The McPherson Sentinel The Sentinel welcomes letters from readers. To be considered for publication, letters must be signed and include the writer’s name, address and a daytime telephone number so we can verify that you wrote the letter. Letters that cannot be verified will not be published. The editor reserves the right to edit or reject any letter. Short, concise letters are encouraged and a maximum of 400 words will be published. Photocopies, reprints from other publications, letters to third parties, personal attacks, and thank you letters listing businesses will not be published. The number of political endorsements for any political candidate will be limited. Letters from out-of-area contributors will be printed only if they relate to local issues. While we do not limit the number of letters to the editor, repeat contributions from the same person will be printed at the editor’s discretion. Letters from the same person regarding the same topic are discouraged. Letters should be E-mailed to sentinel@sbcglobal.net or katie.sentinel@gmail.com with Speak Out in the subject line. Ottawa Herald Letters to the editor for publication in The Ottawa Herald. Please submit your full name, full address and phone number for verification purposes. Only your name and your town name will be published. Salina Journal The Salina Journal welcomes letters to the editor; length is limited to 250 words, and must be signed and include an address and a daytime phone number for verification of authorship. Letters may be mailed to the Journal at PO Box 740, Salina, Kansas, 67401; or, Sent via e-mail to letters@salina.com (send your letter in the message body, NOT as an attachment); Letters to the editor are not published online.

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