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''The News Star'' began in 1890 as the ''Monroe Evening News.'' [[John Travis Nixon]], a native of [[Illinois]], and a partner, Julius Cheney, became the publishers in 1893, but Nixon soon left for Crowley in Acadia Parish, where he began what is now the ''Crowley Post Signal.''<ref>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - N - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 17, 2021.</ref>

''The News Star'' began in 1890 as the ''Monroe Evening News.'' [[John Travis Nixon]], a native of [[Illinois]], and a partner, Julius Cheney, became the publishers in 1893, but Nixon soon left for Crowley in Acadia Parish, where he began what is now the ''Crowley Post Signal.''<ref>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - N - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 17, 2021.</ref>

In 1909, coincidentally the year that John Travis Nixon died at the age of forty-one, ''The Evening News'' merged with ''The Daily Star'' to form the afternoon newspaper, ''The Monroe News-Star.''<ref name=nstar>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/CUSTOMERSERVICE02/41202001 About Us | thenewsstar.com | The News Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1908, [[Robert Wilson Ewing, I]] (1859–1931), while still the [[publisher]] of the since defunct ''New Orleans Daily States,'' purchased ''The Shreveport Times''. In 1929, Ewing bought the since defunct ''Monroe Morning World''. In 1930, he acquired the ''News-Star'', since switched from an afternoon to a morning publication. Ewing was accordingly among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana [[journalism]] community.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 17, 2021.</ref>

In 1909, coincidentally the year that John Travis Nixon died at the age of forty-one, ''The Evening News'' merged with ''The Daily Star'' to form the afternoon newspaper, ''The Monroe News-Star.''<ref name=nstar>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/CUSTOMERSERVICE02/41202001 About Us | thenewsstar.com | The News Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1908, [[Robert Wilson Ewing, I]] (1859–1931), while still the [[publisher]] of the since defunct ''New Orleans Daily States,'' purchased ''The Shreveport Times.'' In 1929, Ewing bought the since defunct ''Monroe Morning World.'' In 1930, he acquired ''The News-Star,'' since switched from an afternoon to a morning publication. Ewing was accordingly among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana [[journalism]] community.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 17, 2021.</ref>

The two Monroe newspapers remained in the Ewing family until the Gannett acquisition on June 16, 1977. The ''Morning World'' and ''The News-Star'' consolidated on August 4, 1980, to become  ''The News-Star-World.'' The name was later changed and the first edition of ''The News Star,'' since a morning paper,'' was printed on May 22, 1988.<ref name=nstar/>

The two Monroe newspapers remained in the Ewing family until the Gannett acquisition on June 16, 1977. The ''Morning World'' and ''The News-Star'' consolidated on August 4, 1980, to become  ''The News-Star-World.'' The name was later changed and the first edition of ''The News Star,'' since a morning paper,'' was printed on May 22, 1988.<ref name=nstar/>

[[Robert Ewing, III]],  a nephew of John Ewing, was a nature [[photographer]] and served as a ''News Star'' board member.<ref>http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/OBITUARIES/704010344/1023</ref> Another Ewing relative,  [[Edmund Graves Brown]] was a ''News Star'' executive who served as the assistant general manager until Gannett, an Arlington, [[Virginia]], firm, purchased the combined ''News-Star-World.''<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20080513&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=805000157&Selected=2 thenewsstar.com | Monroe OBITUARY | The News Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1980, “World” was dropped from the name, which became ''The News Star,'' without a hyphen.

[[Robert Ewing, III]],  a nephew of John Ewing, was a nature [[photographer]] and served as a ''News Star'' board member.<ref>http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/OBITUARIES/704010344/1023</ref> Another Ewing relative,  [[Edmund Graves Brown]] was a ''News Star'' executive who served as the assistant general manager until Gannett, an Arlington, [[Virginia]], firm, purchased the combined ''News-Star-World.''<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20080513&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=805000157&Selected=2 thenewsstar.com | Monroe OBITUARY | The News Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1980, “World” was dropped from the name, which became ''The News Star,'' without a hyphen.

''The '''News Star'' usually endorses conservative candidates. In 2004, it supported successful [[Republican Party|Republicans]] [[Rodney Alexander]] for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[David Vitter]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=52 David Vitter | U.S. Senate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2007, the paper endorsed [[Royal Alexander]], a former Rodney Alexander staff member (no relation), who unsuccessfully carried the [[Republican Party|GOP]] banner for Louisiana [[attorney general]] in the 2007 elections. Royal Alexander of Shreveport was handily defeated by [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, after [[incumbent]] [[Charles Foti]] of [[New Orleans]] was eliminated in the first round of balloting.<ref>[http://dhimmithis.typepad.com/dhimmi_this/2007/10/monroe-news-sta.html Dhimmi This!: Monroe News Star Endorses Royal Alexander<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The ''News Star'' usually endorses conservative candidates. In 2004, it supported successful [[Republican Party|Republicans]] [[Rodney Alexander]] for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[David Vitter]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=52 David Vitter | U.S. Senate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2007, the paper endorsed [[Royal Alexander]], a former Rodney Alexander staff member (no relation), who unsuccessfully carried the [[Republican Party|GOP]] banner for Louisiana [[attorney general]] in the 2007 elections. Royal Alexander of Shreveport was handily defeated by [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, after [[incumbent]] [[Charles Foti]] of [[New Orleans]] was eliminated in the first round of balloting.<ref>[http://dhimmithis.typepad.com/dhimmi_this/2007/10/monroe-news-sta.html Dhimmi This!: Monroe News Star Endorses Royal Alexander<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Notable staff members==

==Notable staff members==