Promotions, new hires and other employment news reported in Texas newspapers.

Anthony Collins appointed editor of Lockhart Post-Register

LOCKHART – Anthony Collins is the new editor of the Lockhart Post-Register.

A Texas native and resident of Kingsbury, Collins is an experienced photographer with more than 30 years of professional work in the newspaper industry.

Beginning his career photographing college sporting events, he is now contracted to shoot more than 35 professional bull riding events in and around Texas.

Obituaries published in the May 2025 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

DANIEL LEE TABOR

CLYDE –  Daniel “Danny” Lee Tabor, 62, of Clyde, passed away Wednesday, April 9, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.

He was born Aug. 8, 1962, in Abilene, to Don and Betty Joe (Patton) Tabor.  He was a 1980 graduate of Clyde High School and attended Cisco Junior College.

The Robert Burns Memorial Golf Classic returns to the Oakmont Country Club as the kickoff event for the 2025 Texas Press Association Convention and Trade Show June 19-21 in Denton.

The Oakmont Country Club golf course is located minutes north of Lake Lewisville in Corinth. PGA Seniors Champion Don January served as golf course design consultant to Roger Packard, the course architect. They designed a course considered the best combination of natural beauty and challenging play in the area. The 170-acre country club was constructed in 1986.

Texas weather can be vicious. Nobody knows that better than Laurie Brown of the Canadian Record.

Analysis by DONNIS BAGGETT, Texas Press Association

Two years ago, the veteran editor and publisher covered the historic range fire that devastated a huge swath of the Texas Panhandle. Her coverage was timely and comprehensive, as usual, and her readers hung on every solidly reported word she posted on her website and social media sites. They did not read her stories in print, however, because the Canadian Record no longer had a print edition.

CORSICANA – The Corsicana Sun celebrated the newspaper’s 130th anniversary in March, publishing a commemorative edition published March 1.

The Daily Sun published its first edition on March 2, 1895. W.A. McKenna and Associates leased the plant of the Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light to publish the paper, and the Daily Sun began its life under the care of editor Major Henry Burton.

For its 130th anniversary edition, the staff shared archival photos and a historical timeline. 

The engineering firm Garver is a new associate member of Texas Press Association, Executive Director Mike Hodges announced.

Previously set for closure, the Tri-County Reporter is not only staying open thanks to new owners, but has returned to its roots.

The announcement came in the Feb. 27 edition of the Reporter, which had been slated to be its last. Bryson and Ashley Burtnett of Springtown purchased the Tri-County Reporter and announced plans to transition the publication back to the original publications that served the communities of Springtown and Azle, the Azle News and Springtown Epigraph. The Tri-County Reporter was formed in June 2023 with the merger of the two newspapers.

Promotions, new hires and other employment news reported by Texas newspapers and reported in the April 2025 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Brady Standard-Herald staff changes, new hire announced

BRADY – The Brady Standard-Herald announced several organizational changes, including the promotion of Amanda Howell to editor of the family-owned newspaper, the appointment of Holly Stewart as publisher, and the hiring of Charles Hodges as the newspaper’s reporter.

Howell has worked at the newspaper since February 1999.

The 2025 TPA Convention and Trade Show June 19-21 will feature Texas Open Government Training as a bonus opening day event.

Convention headquarters is the the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center.

The training set for 1-4 p.m. Thursday, June 19, is free and is jointly sponsored by TPA and the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Speakers include Tom Williams of the FOIFT board and Haynes and Boone and Tamara Smith of the Texas Attorney General’s office.

WASHINGTON – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced his intention to step down in February, notifying the the Postal Service Board of Governors that it is time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor.

No time frame for naming a successor was given.

DeJoy took the helm of the postal service in the summer of 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term. He was a Republican donor who owned a logistics business before taking office and was the first postmaster general in nearly two decades who was not a career postal employee.