Rick Welch, president and publisher of The Madisonville (KY.) Messenger, was installed as 2015 president of the Kentucky Press Association.
Welch is a former Indiana newspaper publisher at the Frankfort Times and the Michigan City News-Dispatch, a former advertising manager at the Evansville Courier & Press and a former sports reporter, rock/pop columnist and advertising executive at the Gary Post-Tribune.
The Madisonville Messenger is owned by Paxton Media Group.