# Lexington Herald-Leader | News

> Local breaking news, politics, business, weather and sports for Eastern Kentucky

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kentucky.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kentucky.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.kentucky.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** McClatchy
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 28,852
- **Rating:** 3.04 / 5 (201 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.1.16
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-12
- **First published:** 2011-07-06
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 166 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kentucky.android)
- **Website:** [https://www.kentucky.com/customer-service](https://www.kentucky.com/customer-service)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy](https://www.mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Herald-Leader — Lexington KY is your trusted source for local and breaking news, weather, sports, and more from Eastern Kentucky. The app delivers daily coverage from Lexington, Frankfort, Winchester, and Georgetown with live video and AI-generated summaries reviewed by our newsroom.

Personalize your news: follow topics, bookmark stories, search articles and videos, and read in your preferred dark or light mode. Explore articles by category, share easily, comment, and download previous issues for offline reading.

## Rankings

- #375,749 — Overall
- #112 — News and magazines (Gross)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.AD_SERVICES_CONFIG`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATA`
- `com.kentucky.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ_APP_INFO`

## Review summary

### Pros

- Good content and news coverage, especially for UK sports.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and app instability.
- Difficult navigation and article retrieval.
- Inconsistent subscription access and login issues.
- Poor performance of the e-edition, including slow loading and fuzzy output.
- Intrusive ads that disrupt app usage.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kentucky.android)