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Smallville Ledger
Newspaper
Field	Print media
Industry	Mass communication
Location	Smallville
Status	Operational

The Smallville Ledger is the town newspaper for Smallville and the surrounding area. Christopher James Beppo was a prominent contributor. Chloe Sullivan has been known to publish her works into the newspaper. The online version of the newspaper was regularly updated during the show's early years but presently remains defunct. However, many of the articles can still be viewed individually on Warnerbros.com.

Contents 1 Articles 1.1 Season 1 1.2 Season 2 1.3 Season 3 1.4 Season 4 1.5 Season 5 1.6 Season 7 2 References 3 External Links

ArticlesEdit

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Season 1Edit

• Pre- Pilot

• Meteor Shower hits, Crows win, meteor rocks are being studied, Lex injured after Meteor Shower

• Pilot- Lex crashes his Porche and survives, Crows win, LuthorCorp takes over another farm LanaWhitney homecoming queen and king

• Pilot- New Smallville sign, Crows win, LuthorCorp takes over another farm LanaWhitney homecoming queen and king

• Metamorphosis- Clark rescues Whitney, Weird webs found, Pleasant meadows devt, LuthorCorp Plant 3

• Hothead- Coach Walt Obit, Coach Walt's fires, More Coach walt, Lex to increase workforce

• X-Ray- Lex robs a bank?, Cold front coming to Smallville, Radiohead performs in Metropolis, Tina Greer wreaks havoc

• Cool- Sean Kelvin obit, Still cold, Metropolis museum, Students volunteer at the retirement home

• Hourglass- Young Harry disappears, Jenkins complains, Watch out for Lex (by Roger Nixon), Harry Bolston obit

• Craving- Melville nursery explodes, Plant tours, Deer carcass, Whitney might get scholarship

• Jitters- Jenkins holds hostages, Police corruption, Nixon opinion, Luthor museum wing opening

• Rogue- Jonathan out of jail, town is car accident prone, cops kill Phalen, Rickman coming to town

• Shimmer- Mayhem at the mansion, Volk murder investigation, Burnam Woods article, Talon theater closing

• Hug- Rickman obit, Talon for sale, Increased burglaries, Tippet on the run

• Leech- LuthorCorp buys Hardwick, Club Zero purchased, Fordman might lose scholarship, Superboy Chloe's article about Eric Summers, her first front-page byline.

• Kinetic- Bowman and Fox caught, Burnam woods, Lex buys the Talon, Foreman football

• Stray- Gunmen arrested, Kents take care of Ryan, Other deputies disgrundled with sheriff, Mobile meals

• Reaper- Elderly die, Spontaneous human combustion, Sheriff Waid solves a coldcase, Talon vs Beanery

• Jessie and Mr. Brooks
• Ted Palmer obit
• College student electrocuted
• Creekside Foundry

• Crush- Justin Gaines is injured, Dr. Wells' hands severed, Kwan obit

• Obscura- Lana injured, Chloe's ordeal, serious storms predicted, Plant shut-down

Season 2Edit

• Front page of Volume 65 number 2 on the Internet Archive

• Lionel and Martha held hostage
• Helen Bryce joins SMC staff
• More fordman farewell
• Sheriff Ethan honored

• Crater Lake vs Snowmobile
• Sheriff warns about dirtbikes
• Kawatche caves

• Front Page of Volume 65 Number 3

• Sheriff Ethan arrested
• Fordman was Tina
• LuthorCorp buys LexCorp
• Kawatche excavation health hazards

• Lex vs meter maid,
• Urban Legends,
• Ian Randall obit,
• Willowbrook fights for the caves

• More Sheriff Ethan arrest
• Designer drugs by Helen Bryce
• Walden has come to study the caves
• Youngsters gone wild, events of Rush

• Lucas Luthor comes to town
• Food drive at the Talon, Steadman to perform
• LexCorp/LuthorCorp battle
• Lionel is no longer blind

• Martha's miraculous recovery in Fever
• Food drive a success
• Search for a new sheriff
• Walden talks about Ezra Small's codes

• Kent barn burned symbol a hoax?
• Op-ed piece - will the new generation change the world?
• Smallville interactive map of the city
• Walden in a coma

• Is Cyrus Krupp an alien?
• Weddings in Smallville
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 1
• Intro to Sheriff Nancy Adams

• Lex and Clark arrest Paul Hayden
• Lex/Helen gossip
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 2
• Helen attacked

• Eric Marsh arrested
• Horror Movie filmfest
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 3
• Torch office vandalized

• LuthorCorp takes over the caves
• Lex/Helen engagement announcement
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 4
• Pete Dinsmore recovering

• Frederick Walden obit
• Lex/Helen rehearsal
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 5
• Helen's lab broken into

• Lex's plane missing
• Clark blows up the storm cellar
• Clark runs away
• Ezra Small poem analysis part 6 (of six)

• The Ledger reported on the death of Travis George (Rush)

Season 3Edit

• Front page of Volume 66 Issue 1 on the Internet archive

• Lex Obit
• Van McNulty kills Leonard Wallace
• Chloe gets a column at the DP.
• Clark robs ATMs (by Max Taylor)

• Lex is alive, Helen is missing, Edge disappears, Clark returns home, DP Urban legends 2 of 4,

• LuthorCorp takes over LexCorp, Potters move out, Conroys move in, Van McNulty is caught, Lana cleared of Phoenix death

• Conroy arrested, Josh Kelley at Lowell fair, Solar Flare, Mayor Tate tribute

• Go Away, Perry White, Search for Helen, SV town Anniversary, Sheriff invesitgates flying tractor

• (This is an Archive issue- the stories are from 1961) Louise Mccallum obit, Willowbrook starts to investigate caves, Police blotter for the week, DrifterMccallum love triangle

• Mayor arrested, Lana arrested, Search continues for Morgan edge, DP Urban legends 3 of 4,

• Lex committed, Holiday events, Search continues for Morgan edge, Tate trial continues

• Lex discharged, Foster obit, Ezra Small analysis, WB Lana

• Pete OK after being kidnapped, Lex fires Gabe, Ezra Small cryptogram analysis, Donovan Jamison arrested

• Max Taylor obit, Homeschooling op/ed, Ezra Small cryptogram analysis, Lex fixes Torch computers

• Altman explosion, Jameson trial, Ezra Small cryptogram analysis, Jonathan 911

• Street racing, Op/Ed- rebellious teens, Jameson trial, Jonathan returns home

• Alicia Baker arrested, Jameson Trial, Local bomb squad, Ezra Small cryptogram analysis

• Garret Davis incident, Jameson Trial, Surgery under seige, Alicia disappears from custody

• Lex questioned about Metron murders, Jameson Trial, Ezra Small cryptogram analysis, Lionel investigates caves

• Kent farm raided, Jameson Trial, Willowbrook and Holdsclaw, Willowbrook vs Lionel

• Chloe outs Mrs. Taylor, Jameson Trial, Chloe broke into Luthorcorp Plant, Luthorcorp's 15 years in SV

• Garner lab explosion, Jameson gone, Kawache caves, Lana seling the Talon

• Holdsclaw kidnaps Lionel, Woman of the year, Talon sold, Judgeship for Mama Ross

• Lionel arrested, Dinsmore murders new Talon owner, Ledger might be sold, Sheriff wins a golf tournament

• [1] Front Page of Volume 66 Number 22. Includes Luthor goes to jailFordman Obit, Farmhouse explosion, Kent Farm vandalized (burning "Crusade" sign in the field), Emergency at Luthor Mansion

• Clark disappears, Chloe presumed dead (s3 finale)

Season 4Edit

• Swann obit, Man of the Year article (By Perry White)

• Lana's apartment broken into.

• LuthorCorp moving up and on.

• Memory problems.

• Meteor shower retrospective.

• Evan ages rapidly.

• Jason Teague obit.

• Lana leaves for Paris, football predictions, Bart Allen pickpocket (cover stories). This issue has several pages.

• Second meteor shower, Ledger Building destroyed.

Season 5Edit

• The Ledger reported that Martha would take Jonathan's Senate seat. (Cyborg)

Season 7Edit

• Clark made the front page when he saved Rachel Davenport. (Action)
• Lex Luthor missing and presumed dead. ( Arctic)

ReferencesEdit

External LinksEdit

• Smallville Ledger website on Warnerbros.com (where the latest issue can be viewed)