The ''Stourbridge News'' is a local free newspaper which serves the

Stourbridge Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwester ...

area of the West Midlands, England, ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations)br>Regional Publications Circulation Cerftificate July to December 2011
/ref> circulating in the town itself and the surrounding communities of

Amblecote Amblecote is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge on the southwestern edge of the West Midlands conurbation. Histori ...

Hagley Hagley is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is on the boundary of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster. Its estimated populati ...

Lye Lye is the common name of various alkaline solutions, including soda lye (a solution of sodium hydroxide) and potash lye (a solution of potassium hydroxide). Lyes are used as cleaning products, as ingredients in soapmaking, and in various other c ...

Pedmore Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge, in the Dudley district of the West Midlands, England, bordering Lye, Wollescote and Oldswinford. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during ...

, and

Wordsley Wordsley is a suburban village near Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and is north of the River Stour. Wordsley is part of the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Parliamentary constitu ...

. Originally ''The County Express'', it has been in circulation since February 1985.

Staff and journalists

Past journalists include Lyn Alderson who was a journalist for over 20 years.Country Woman Magazin
January 2015, Page 79, The Write Way to Better Health - Alison Ashmore
/ref> Another journalist that had longevity with the paper was Dennis Elwell. He spent 30 years at the Stourbridge News. He died in 2014 aged 84.

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* {{Gannett Stourbridge Newspapers published in the West Midlands (county) Newspapers published by Newsquest Newspapers established in 1985