Andalusia Star News

Andalusia Star-News
Type	Twice Weekly (Wednesday and Saturday)
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Jeff and Michelle Schumacher.
Publisher	JM Media Group, LLC
Editor	Zach Maio
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Andalusia, Alabama
Circulation	3,372
ISSN	0746-2115
OCLC number	9865133
Website	andalusiastarnews.com

Last updated October 05, 2025

The Andalusia Star-News was formed in 1948 out of the merger of the Andalusia Star and the Covington News, both of Andalusia, Alabama.^[1] It has a circulation of 3,372 and is owned by Boone Newspapers, Inc.^[2]

In 1972, it was sold to Tuscaloosa Newspapers by Ed Dannelly and Byron Vickery, who had operated it since 1948.^[3] Tuscaloosa Newspapers would later become Boone Newspapers, Inc.^[4]

In 2025, Boone Newspapers sold the paper to Jeff and Michelle Schumacher.^[5]

References

↑ "About the Andalusia Star-News". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
↑ "Andalusia Star-News". Mondo Times.
↑ "Andalusia Star Reported Sold". Pensacola News Journal. September 1, 1972.
↑ "The History of BNI". Boone Newspapers.
↑ Press Release (April 30, 2025). "Boone Newsmedia, Inc. sells four Alabama newspapers to the Schumacher family". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved May 4, 2025.

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[1] "About the Andalusia Star-News". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.

[2] "Andalusia Star-News". Mondo Times.

[3] "Andalusia Star Reported Sold". Pensacola News Journal. September 1, 1972.

[4] "The History of BNI". Boone Newspapers.

[5] Press Release (April 30, 2025). "Boone Newsmedia, Inc. sells four Alabama newspapers to the Schumacher family". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved May 4, 2025.

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