Andalusia Star News

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Andalusia Star-News
TypeTwice Weekly (Wednesday and Saturday)
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Jeff and Michelle Schumacher.
PublisherJM Media Group, LLC
EditorZach Maio
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]

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

References

  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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