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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 purchased 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.'' 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 purchased 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.

John Dunbrack Ewing (1892–1952), one of the five sons of Robert Ewing, was editor and [[publisher]] of  ''The Shreveport Times'' and the ''Monroe News-Star-World'' from 1931 until his death. John Ewing moved to [[Shreveport]] in 1915 to become the associate publisher of ''The Shreveport Times.'' When his father died, Ewing became the publisher of the ''Shreveport Times'' and both Monroe papers. All three newspapers were known for their [[conservative]] editorials.<ref name=dict/>

John Dunbrack Ewing (1892–1952), one of the five sons of Robert Ewing, was editor and [[publisher]] of  ''The Shreveport Times'' and the ''Monroe News-Star-World'' from 1931 until his death. John Ewing moved to [[Shreveport]] in 1915 to become the associate publisher of ''The Shreveport Times.'' When his father died, Ewing became the publisher of the ''Shreveport Times'' and both Monroe papers. All three newspapers were known for their [[conservative]] editorials.<ref name=dict/>