From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlocal paperˌlocal ˈpaper noun [countable] 1 TCNa newspaper that contains mainly local news → national2 American EnglishTCN a newspaper that contains local, national, and international news
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local paper• It was a reporter from the local paper, inquiring why Jones had hung a pillowcase out her window.• They had done so well that the convent put photographs of the two girls in the local paper.• Wait till you see your picture with Petey in the local paper.• Down the block the neighborhood dead-ended in abandoned farmland that Mami read in the local paper the developers were negotiating to buy.• Perhaps the local paper will take photographs for a story and make copies available to you afterwards. 