Hoover Gazette

The Hoover Gazette is a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays, covering the city of Hoover. The first edition was published June 7, 2006. The newspaper was founded and is owned by Clatus Junkin, a businessman and former circuit judge from Fayette County. Junkin's son, John, is the general manager.

At its inception, the husband and wife team of Peyton and Barbara Bobo were publishers; they also publish The Northport Gazette and The West Alabama Gazette (Millport). Robert Carter was managing editor, but after a series of shakeups later in 2006, Carter resigned and the Bobos were replaced by Robert Martin, who also publishes The Montgomery Independent. Don Milazzo, formerly of the Birmingham Business Journal, is the current managing editor.

On June 22, 2007 John Junkin dismisses staff writer Hunter Ford for comments he had made about Hoover High School football coach Rush Probst on the Paul Finebaum radio call-in show. Explaining his actions later on the show, Junkin said that he and Ford had previously discussed the paper's mission to focus on positive news about Hoover and not to get involved with negative stories.

References

• "The Hoover Gazette, the City's New Voice". (June 2006) Connection (Hoover Chamber of Commerce newsletter)
• Telephone interview with John Junkin. (June 22, 2007) Paul Finebaum Show. WJOX-FM

External links

• Hoover Gazette website