CUERO – Dave Shabaz is the new editor and publisher for DeWitt County Publishing, LLC, including the Cuero Record, Yorktown News-View, dewittcountrytoday.com and multiple associated special sections and niche products.

By MIKE HODGES and DONNIS BAGGETT

Texas Press Association

A market survey can be a powerful tool, but solid research is expensive — sometimes too expensive for an individual newspaper on a tight budget.

More than a year after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a judge has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to release information about the attack and the law enforcement response.

AUSTIN – The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Texas Public Information Act at the annual state conference Sept. 28 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin.

Whitesboro’s oldest business has a new owner, and it’s a family with deep roots in Western Grayson County.

The Lewter family purchased the Whitesboro News-Record from Scott Wood. The acquisition was effective June 1.

By MARY ELIZABETH DAVIS

Lamesa Press-Reporter

During more than four decades as a Lamesa Press-Reporter journalist, Russel Skiles has told the stories of a Holocaust survivor and the community-wide effort that brought a state prison to town.