City officials unearthed a piece of history Monday when they discovered an old 1,100-pound Linotype machine in the vacant Higginbotham Printing building that was demolished by city crews on Moore ...

Because the Linotype was patented in 1884 by Ottmar Mergenthaler, it could not have been the Star Democrat's first printing press. But as current Star Democrat pressman Joey Smith scanned the old ...

There’s something beautiful about looking at something old in a new way. Which is why watching a clunky, rusty, outdated machine clicking away to an original modern score in high-def chiaroscuro is ...