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She joined the Star-News in May 2025. She is currently the Vice President of Sales and will work closely with the communities ...
Jeff Schumacher is a 30-year veteran of the newspaper industry. He joined the Star-News in May 2025. Originally from North ...
Mark Twain sent the following note to the London correspondent of the New York Journal, “The report of my death is greatly exaggerated.” The famous author’s statement informing the newspaper of their ...
Nine-year-old Hazel Rose O’Neal of Andalusia is ready to take her biggest stage yet after being accepted to the Joffrey ...
The Opp and Covington County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Opp Hall of Fame Banquet on Tuesday, June 10. During ...
The Covington County School Board is scheduled to destroy special education records on June 12, 2025. Records set to be destroyed are those of students born in 1999.  Parents of a student or a former ...
Covington County Veterans Service Officer Brian Foshee has received the Commissioner’s Excellence Award, the highest honor ...
In a heartfelt initiative to foster literacy and community engagement, the Old Three Notch Chapter of the Daughters of the ...
Lewis Cotton, 2nd Lt., U.S. Army Air Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cotton of Andalusia, has been reported missing in action. Lt. Cotton’s wife, Mrs. Jenelle Tollison Cotton, who lives in Mobile, Al ...
The Covington County Commission heard from representatives of Origis Energy during its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday ...
The Pilot Club of Andalusia announced Mary Claire Thomasson as its 2024-2025 Pilot of the Year recipient during a monthly ...