History

The Lowndes Signal, with which was combined with The Hayneville Citizen-Examiner, began on April 16, 1925. Judge J.D. Lamar was the editor.

Lamar continued as editor until 1937 when the job was turned over to his daughter, Mrs. Charlie Mae Small. Small was editor until she retired and sold the paper to Seth Kenneth and Jewel Davis Perry in July 1946.

The Perrys continued as editor and publisher until July 1960 when the newspaper and the Perrys’ interest in job printing business was sold to Cecil B. Cross Jr. and Frieda Brown Cross.

The Cross’ moved the newspaper and business back to Fort Deposit, from Montgomery where it had been located for a brief period, into the same building which had previously housed the newspaper.

They continued with the newspaper, which covered the entire county, and their printing business until the newspaper was sold to Boone Newspapers, headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in June 1997. Today, The Lowndes Signal continues to serve as Lowndes County’s only newspaper.

Mission

The Signal strives to:

• Report the news of our community honestly, fairly and with integrity;
• Bend over backward to meet the needs of our customers;
• Build commerce and promote the growth of our business community through advertising;
• Give our readers useful, interesting and entertaining information in every issue;
• Edit and publish the news of our community without exclusion;
• Operate at a profit level that allows us to fairlycompensate our employees, reinvest in our organization and to stand independent of outside influences;
• Take an active leadership role and to act as a positive influence in our community;
• Do what we say we will do;
• Treat our readers, advertisers and employees as we would like to be treated ourselves; and, above all, to do what’s right, period.

Circulation

Published every Thursday, 1,000 circulation