[1] On January 4, 1911, the Star-Courier's printing plant was destroyed in a fire.
[2] The Star-Courier launched its website and a digital edition in 1996.
[3] The newspaper remained under local ownership until 1973, when owners Louise Bagwill Sherrill and Scott Dorsey sold to Taylor Communications.
Taylor then sold the Star-Courier to Harte Hank in 1986, before its sale to the E. W. Scripps Company in 1997.
[5] SAW Advisors, owned by Star Local Media CEO and Publisher Scott Wright, purchased Star Local Media, the holding company for the Star-Courier and 13 other community newspapers in October 2016.