Displaying a cake commemorating the 135th birthday of the Devil’s River News are Publisher/owner Randy Mankin and Editor Angie Bryant. Festival events celebrating the anniversary were held in downtown Sonora. (Devil’s River News photo)
SONORA – The Devil’s River News celebrated its 135th anniversary in October.
Staff report from the Galveston Daily News
After more than a decade at the helm of The Daily News, Leonard Woolsey will retire from day-to-day duties as publisher Jan. 1, handing the reins of the state’s oldest newspaper to Michelle Robinson, general manager and chief revenue officer.
From the Castro County News
DIMMITT — For the second time since 2011, Blackmon Publishing, Inc., has acquired the Castro County News.
Promotions, new hires and other employment news published in Texas Newspapers and reported in the November edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
Shaffer promoted to general manager for DeWitt County Publishing
CUERO – Kayla Lynn Shaffer has been promoted to general manager of DeWitt County Publishing.
After contracting with new press, South Jetty changes print day
PORT ARANSAS - The South Jetty has a new press schedule and publication day for its print product.
The newspaper goes on newsstands late Thursday afternoon with subscribers receiving their papers in the mail on Fridays.
Obituaries published in the November 2025 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
ROBERT BAKER
LOVELAND, COLORADO – Attorney and former owner of the Fort Stockton Pioneer Robert Walter Baker died Sept. 23. He was 83.
As a teenager and student at Fort Stockton High School, he worked as a disc jockey for the local radio station KFST.
