Larry Craig is a former weekly newspaper editor and publisher. He was an adjunct professor of journalism at Western Kentucky University. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Craig is a native of Todd County, and started his newspaper career as a reporter and columnist for Russellville News-Democrat and Logan Leader, covering politics, education and general news. He was named editor of Green River Republican in Morgantown in 1980 and bought the paper two years later. He gained a reputation for strong editorial positions against the Ku Klux Klan and for other unpopular stands. The newspaper office was once fired upon, and the church he pastored was burned by Klan members, who were sent to prison. He sold the newspaper in 1990 and joined the journalism staff at Western Kentucky University. Craig won numerous awards from the Kentucky Press Association for investigative reporting, editorials and photography. He is a popular speaker on press ethics and First Amendment issues. He was president of the Kentucky Press Association in 1989.