UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~June~~July 1511, 2012

MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Georgia

(State or other jurisdiction ~~of incorporation)~~

of incorporation)


333-112246		26-2569462
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

725 Broad Street; Augusta, Georgia		30901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(706) 724-0851

(Registrants’ Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 2.0104 ~~Completion~~Triggering ofEvents ~~Acquisition~~That Accelerate or ~~Disposition~~Increase ofa ~~Assets.~~Direct Financial Obligation

~~Sale~~On ofJuly 11, 2012, Morris Publishing Group, LLC’s ~~Athens~~(“Morris Publishing”) elected to redeem all of the outstanding notes under the Indenture dated as of March 1, 2010 (Gathe “New Notes”) among Morris Publishing and Morris Publishing Finance Co., a Georgia corporation (“Morris Finance” together, with Morris Publishing, the “Issuers”), ~~Banner-Herald~~the ~~News~~Guarantors ~~Building~~signatory thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association (as successor by merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as trustee (the “Trustee”). The redemption is an “Optional Redemption” (as defined in the Indenture) under Section 3.7 of the Indenture and Paragraph 5 of the Note. The material terms of the Optional Redemption are as follows:

~~On June 15,~~• ~~2012, Morris Publishing Group, LLC ( “Morris Publishing”) completed~~ the ~~sale~~Redemption ofDate ~~its~~is ~~newspaper~~August ~~building and real estate located at One Press Place~~10, ~~Athens, Georgia (the “Real Property”). The building contains approximately 102,000 square feet of space and is situated on approximately 3.1 acres.~~ 2012;

~~The~~• ~~sale~~the ~~was~~principal ~~made~~amount ~~pursuant to an Agreement~~ of ~~Purchase and Sale dated March 19, 2012 (as amended) with Hagen Creek Properties, Inc., a Georgia corporation, which assigned~~ the ~~contract~~New Notes to MMbe ~~One~~redeemed ~~Press~~is ~~Building, LLC (the “Buyer”). The purchase price was~~ $1057,~~500~~231,~~000~~110, ~~paid~~constituting in100% ~~cash at closing. There is no material relationship, other than in respect~~ of the ~~transaction,~~outstanding ~~between~~New ~~the~~Notes; ~~Buyer~~ and ~~the Morris Publishing or any of its affiliates, or any director or officer of Morris Publishing, or any associate of any such director or officer.~~

~~The~~• ~~sale of~~ the ~~Real~~Redemption ~~Property~~Price ~~constitutes~~is an$57,803,421, ~~“Asset~~constituting ~~Sale”~~101% asof ~~defined in Morris Publishing’s Indenture dated March 1, 2010 (~~the ~~“Indenture”) with respect to its $100 million aggregate~~ principal amount of ~~Floating Rate Secured Notes due 2014 (~~the “New Notes~~”).~~, ~~Under~~plus ~~the Indenture~~$635,902 ~~Morris~~constituting ~~Publishing is required to use~~ the ~~“Net~~amount ~~Cash Proceeds”~~of ~~(after~~accrued ~~deducting certain expenses~~ and ~~taxes,~~unpaid asinterest ~~defined~~on in the ~~Indenture) from an Asset Sale to prepay any amounts outstanding under its Working Capital Facility and then to offer to repurchase~~ New Notes ~~from~~through ~~note~~the ~~holders~~redemption ondate, afor ~~pro rata basis at~~ a ~~purchase~~total ~~price~~payment of ~~101% of the face amount of the New Notes repurchased~~$58,439,324.

~~Simultaneously~~The ~~with~~Issuers ~~the~~have ~~sale,~~mailed ~~Morris Publishing~~a ~~entered~~Notice ~~into~~of aRedemption ~~lease~~ to ~~lease~~the ~~back~~holder ~~approximately~~record ~~10,000~~of ~~square~~the ~~feet~~New ofNotes ~~the~~by ~~Real~~first-class ~~Property~~mail ~~for~~at its registered address, with a ~~period~~copy ofto 5the ~~years~~Trustee, atin aaccordance ~~rate~~with ofthe ~~$10~~Indenture.14 ~~per~~Accordingly, ~~square~~the ~~foot~~due ~~per~~date ~~year~~of onthe aNew ~~triple~~Notes ~~net~~has ~~basis,~~been ~~plus~~accelerated anto ~~allocation~~correspond with ~~for~~the ~~common~~Redemption ~~area maintenance~~Date.

The Issuers have irrevocably deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to redeem the New Notes in the amount of $58,439,324, and have irrevocably directed the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment of the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date.

Item 8.01

Other Events

Morris Publishing has been a voluntary filer under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) as required by a covenant in the Indenture. After the Notice of Redemption and the deposit with the Trustee of the funds to make the Optional Redemption, the Indenture has been satisfied and discharged, except for certain limited provisions that survive. Accordingly, Morris Publishing’s obligations under the Indenture to file annual, quarterly and current reports have terminated and Morris Publishing will cease filing voluntary reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC

Date: June 15, 2012

/s/ Steve K. Stone

Date: July 11, 2012

/s/ Steve K. Stone

Steve K. Stone Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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