Cindy, Yes you submit to local newspapers. There are also many online places to submit them to. Just research press release submissions and you will see many choices. Many of them are free as well. One thing I recommend if you are going to get into doing
PR Submission via the net is to create an email just for stuff like this as you will get quite a bit of email. I have an email account I only use for
PR and article submissions. That keeps my normal inbox from getting bogged down. Best of luck to you Cindy, and if you need any help I'm sure there are many here that can answer your questions or even write it and submit it for you if need be. Darrel at Right Hand Man wrote one for a client of mine and submitted it. He did an excellent job writing the
PR. Client was very impressed and please with it.