DALLAS - Colleen McCain Nelson has been named executive editor of The Dallas Morning News, effective Aug. 11. Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize winner, returns to lead the newsroom where she spent nearly 12 years as a writer early in her career.

Past presidents congratulate Lisa Chappell as she accepts the president’s gavel.

DENTON – Lisa Chappell accepted the gavel of the Texas Press Association presidency during the recent TPA Convention and Trade Show.

Hall of Fame honoree Laurie Ezzell Brown with family members at the Texas Newspaper Hall of Fame luncheon.

DENTON — TPA members gathered during the 145th Convention and Trade Show Hall of Fame luncheon to honor veteran Texas journalists.

Showing off division sweepstakes awards in the 2024 Texas Better Newspaper Contest are (from left) Nicholas Cicale, Williamson County Sun in Division 3; Kylie Bailey, Graham Leader in Division 4; Ken Cooke, Fredericksburg Standard Radio-Post in Division 5; Abigail Allen, Pilot Point, Post Signal in Division 6; Craig Garnett, Pearsall, Frio-Nueces Current in Division 7; Ana Cosino-Mize, Madi

LUFKIN – The Lufkin Daily News and The Daily Sentinel in Nacogdoches welcomed  some exciting leadership changes on June 30, Southern Newspapers Inc. President Leonard Woolsey announced.

SILSBEE – Dennis and Veronica Phillips of Phillips Publishing, LLC, have purchased the Silsbee Bee from Hicks Media.