The Meridian Star

The Meridian Star is a newspaper published in Meridian, Mississippi. Formerly a daily newspaper, it switched to a triweekly format in 2020, publishing on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. The paper covers Lauderdale County and adjoining portions of western Alabama and eastern Mississippi.^[1]

The Meridian Star

Meridian Star Headquarters
Type	Triweekly (formerly a daily newspaper)[1]
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Carpenter Media Group
Founder(s)	Charles Pinckney Dement and James Washington Dement
Publisher	Bill Atkinson
Editor	David Bohrer
Founded	1898, as The Evening Star
Headquarters	814 22nd Avenue Meridian, Mississippi 39302  United States
Circulation	16,188 daily (as of 2007)[2]
ISSN	1064-9549
OCLC number	10362622
Website	meridianstar.com

History

Founded as The Evening Star in 1898 by Charles Pinckney Dement and his son James Washington Dement,^[3][4] the paper was published each afternoon until early 2005, when morning delivery was implemented. The paper was renamed The Meridian Star in 1915 and has been Meridian's only daily newspaper since 1921.^[5]

In May 2024, CNHI sold the newspaper to Carpenter Media Group.^[6]

Notable staff

Jack Wardlaw, the Baton Rouge bureau chief of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, began his journalism career at The Star in 1959 as a city hall reporter.^[7]

Price

According to the masthead, the price for a single copy is $1.50 for all print editions.^[8]