Andalusia Star News

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Andalusia Star-News
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Boone Newspapers
PublisherMichele Cox Gerlach
Founded1948 (1948)
Headquarters Andalusia, Alabama
Circulation 3,372
ISSN 0746-2115
OCLC number 9865133
Website andalusiastarnews.com

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]

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