News Briefs

Family sells Muenster weekly after 67 years

MUENSTER — David and Pam Fette sold the Muenster Enterprise to Muenster Printing and Publishing LLC, owned by Scott and Deborah Wood.

The Fette family had owned the newspaper for 67 years since founding it in 1936. Elfreda Fette, wife of founder R.N. Fette, will continue as historian and lifestyle writer for the newspaper.

Scott Wood said he did not anticipate any changes in staff or operation.

Several of the employees have been on staff for more than a decade — writer and designer Janet Felderhoff, 15 years; Janie Hartman, writer, designer and photographer, 24 years; Linda Flusche, 23 years, bookkeeping, typesetting; and Alvin Hartman, 58 years printing.

Scott Wood was publisher at the Crane News for four years and said he was excited to be back in the newspaper business. His wife Deborah helped him at the Crane newspaper and both will serve as owner/publisher of the Enterprise.

Killeen expands into Copperas Cove area 

COPPERAS COVE — The Killeen Daily Herald launched a new free weekly product covering Copperas Cove. The Cove Herald began Oct. 2 and Lee James, a Daily Herald sports editor and assistant managing editor since 2001, is heading the office. The weekly publishes on Thursdays and is being delivered to Daily Herald subscribers and most non-subscribers, the newspaper reported.

Family retains ownership of Freedom Communications 

Freedom Communications Inc., which owns four Texas daily newspapers, has agreed to form a partnership with two private equity firms that will enable family members to retain control. Freedom owns the Odessa American, Brownsville Herald, The Monitor in McAllen and Valley Morning Star in Harlingen and the Spanish-language paper El Nuevo Heraldo in Brownsville. It also owns KFDM-TV in Beaumont.