The Star (Auburn)

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The Star
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) KPC Media Group
PublisherTerry G. Housholder
EditorDavid R. Kurtz
FoundedJanuary 1, 1871 (1871-01-01), as The Auburn Courier [1]
Headquarters118 West Ninth Street,
Auburn, Indiana 46706, United States
Circulation
  • 4,352 daily
  • 6,127 Sundays in 2012 [2]
Sister newspapers
OCLC number 15698269
Website KPCnews.com

The Star is an American daily newspaper published in Auburn, Indiana. It is owned by KPC Media Group.

Contents

It covers the city of Auburn and all of DeKalb County in northeastern Indiana.

History

The weekly Courier, founded in Auburn in 1871, established a daily edition, The Daily Courier, in 1894. [1] This newspaper merged with the Auburn Dispatch (formed 1874) to become The Evening Star in 1913. [3]

The merged paper remained locally owned until 1968, when it was purchased by Nixon Newspapers of Wabash, Indiana. Kendallville Publishing Company, owners of the Kendallville News-Sun in adjoining Noble County, bought The Evening Star in December 1971. KPC added a Sunday edition on March 12, 2000, and converted the daily paper to morning publication seven days a week on April 6, 2009, shortening its name to The Star. [3] The Evening Star, in 1976 printed a story on a local court case called, Stump v. Sparkman. Judge Stump, a local judge in Auburn was found liable by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for his authorizations for a tubal ligation on a fifteen-year old female. The Case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which reversed the 7th Circuit Court and found the Judge had Judicial Immunity. This case is still cited today as the authority in Judicial Immunity.< United States Supreme Court, Stump V. Sparkman(1978) No. 76-1750>

Sister papers

The Star is one of three daily newspapers published by KPC Media Group; the other two, both of which cover adjoining counties, are The Herald Republican and The News Sun .

The company also owns several monthly publications in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and three weekly newspapers, two of which complement The Star in DeKalb County:

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References

  1. 1 2 "About The Auburn Courier". Chronicling America. Library of Congress . Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Audit Bureau of Circulations . Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About Us — KPC Media Group Inc". KPCNews.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
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