I don't understand the criticism of the paper in this instance. It is obvious from prior experience that they put the paper to bed much earlier than metropolitan papers. The night the car crashed into our lanai, the newspaper was on our driveway at 3:00 AM. In order for them to print it, distribute it to the carriers, and them get it to my house, they would have to wrap up the edition much earlier. To me, I give them credit for getting even a small blurb about the tornado disaster onto the front page. At the very least, it gives me incentive to go online or on TV to get more details.
The Sun is not a typical daily paper. It certainly focuses on local news and events and gives somewhat short shrift to national/international news. To expect more will leave one disappointed. With the growth of this community, there may be an opportunity for another paper, but that isn't the way news delivery is evolving.
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