Local News
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Local News will show what happens around you or in the cities you love
- Rating
- 4.3
- 10.6K ratings
- Downloads
- 515K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 27
- 2026 · v1.8.1p
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About Local News
News from around you. Local city news. Local News will show what happens near your location or a chosen place.
This app aggregates all news from local newspapers based on your position or near a town of your choice. It's the only tools that makes you aware of what happens around you.
If you're a commuter, you can easily add both your home place and work place to the list of places and get all news related to both places.
If you're an expat, you can easily keep in touch with your hometown events and local news!
To cover all the newspapers in the US, we need your help.
The app will ask you to send us suggestions of news sources to include for your area if it cannot find any. Please do so, we will add your mentioned source shortly (a day or two at most). Please suggest also any newspapers we might be missing anyway.
Thanks for your help!
Currently supported cities and regions:
* New York
* Boston
* San Francisco - Bay Area
* Los Angeles
* Seattle
* Phoenix
* New Orleans
* Baton Rouge
* Atlanta
* Kansas City
* Massachusetts
* Connecticut
* Chicago
Please help us by suggesting news sites for your location! Thanks!
This app aggregates all news from local newspapers based on your position or near a town of your choice. It's the only tools that makes you aware of what happens around you.
If you're a commuter, you can easily add both your home place and work place to the list of places and get all news related to both places.
If you're an expat, you can easily keep in touch with your hometown events and local news!
To cover all the newspapers in the US, we need your help.
The app will ask you to send us suggestions of news sources to include for your area if it cannot find any. Please do so, we will add your mentioned source shortly (a day or two at most). Please suggest also any newspapers we might be missing anyway.
Thanks for your help!
Currently supported cities and regions:
* New York
* Boston
* San Francisco - Bay Area
* Los Angeles
* Seattle
* Phoenix
* New Orleans
* Baton Rouge
* Atlanta
* Kansas City
* Massachusetts
* Connecticut
* Chicago
Please help us by suggesting news sites for your location! Thanks!
What’s new
Version 1.8.1p · Updated August 27, 2026
Improved compatibility with Android 16 Various fixes and other under-the-hood improvements
User reviews
I love it,it keeps me informed I don't have any TV and I'm very satisfied with the App
Great app! Fast and informative!
Helpful
Great for udate on news in my area.
Good
It's good to be able to see the news in the areas my family live and also my local news here at home. I do sometimes find it difficult to open up the stories so I just read the headlines I can see.
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| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local News | 4.3 / 5 | Free | 500,000+ | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| Tech News | 4.0 / 5 | Free | 500,000+ | Oct 1, 2026 | Compare |
| Fast News - breaking news | 4.2 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | – | Compare |
| Linux News | 4.6 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | – | Compare |
| New York City Local News | 4.5 / 5 | Free | 50,000+ | Sep 28, 2026 | Compare |
| News on Android™ | 4.3 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | – | Compare |
| Los Angeles Local News | 4.2 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | Oct 2, 2026 | Compare |
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