AUSTIN – The First Amendment Clinic at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law will receive the prestigious James Madison Award for its work protecting the constitutional rights of free speech and free press.

Tara Huff, publisher of The Eagle Press, was inducted into the Panhandle Press Association Hall of Fame Friday night during the annual PPA convention this weekend in Borger. On hand at the banquet held at the Phillips College Library were (from left) Creed Huff, Tara Huff and presenters PPA Secretary Roger Estlack and Deborah Wells, former owner of The Eagle Press.

MARBLE FALLS – Jeff Shabram has retired as publisher for Highland Lakes Publishing, (HLP), including the Highlander in Marble Falls and the Burnet Bulletin.

TAYLOR – Jason Hennington, former area editor for the Taylor Press and Elgin Courier, has left the newspaper to join the faculty of Hutto High School, teaching photography.

Promotions, new hires and other employment news reported by Texas newspapers and published in the September 2024 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

MICHELLE ADAMS, MICHAELA RUSH, CHRISTINE GRANADOS

Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post

Obituary published in the August edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

TERRY LEE SCHAUB

KATY – Terry Lee Schaub, 62, of Katy died on July 21 at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital.