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] 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.

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

[6] 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.