The ''Alexander City Outlook'' is a twice weekly newspaper publication in eastern Alabama. The Outlook has been in constant publication since it was founded in 1892 by Capt. J.D. Dickson.
It has a circulation of about 2050 copies and is owned by Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. It publishes Tuesday-Saturday in
Alexander City
Alexander City, known to locals as "Alex City", is the largest city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of 14,843 as of the 2020 census. It has been the largest community in Tallapoosa County since 1910. It is know ...
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History
In 1946 it was sold to publisher J. C. Henderson by Benjamin Russell's estate.
In 1972, it went from weekly to daily publication.
Boone Newspapers purchased the paper in 1974.
In 1989, Kenneth Boone, son of the owner of Boone Newspapers, became the publisher of the ''Outlook'', later purchasing it for himself in 1991.
On July 2, 2018, ''Alexander City Outlook'' editor Mitch Sneed died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In his tenure at the ''Outlook'', Sneed had won multiple awards from the Alabama Press Association for feature stories, news coverage, and photography.
The current editor is Kaitlin Fleming.
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Independent newspapers published in the United States
Tallapoosa County, Alabama
1892 establishments in Alabama