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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
local rag
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But that wretched Sandra would have had a field day too - her picture in the local rag in her best dress.
▪ I advertised in the local rag, but to no avail.

Usage examples of "local rag".

The guy who wrote sports for the local rag had called him the best running back Placerville High School had ever produced.

The nationals weren't interested so hesent it to Foot's local rag.

What brings you fifty miles to talk to the local rag's only full-time reporter?

The lawyer would run the announcement in some local rag sheet and, “.

The only newspapers they had were USA Today, which had dropped the story by that time, and a local rag that didn't pay much attention to Boston.

But I called a pal of mine in St Helier who works on the local rag and he reckons your man's at home.

You're absolutely certain that the photo we saw in that 1942 issue of the local rag this afternoon was the guy you met in the pub, Kent?

Probably writing a police blotter column for a local rag and playing with himself.

The descendants, wanting to divide the cash, had sold their biggest asset to a multi-faceted company as just one more local rag in their commercial chain.