Two of Kilgore’s own and three other East Texas media icons were named Region XIV/Texas Eastern Conference Legends during a ceremony at the Region XIV Basketball Tournament at Wagstaff Gymnasium. Among the honored group were Phil Hicks of the Tyler Morning Telegraph and Jack Stallard of the Longview News-Journal, both of whom work for M. Roberts Media, parent company of the News Herald.

The Lufkin Daily News and The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel have welcomed a new sales team member.

As regional sales & marketing director for the two sister publications, Anne Long will be overseeing the advertising departments and helping to lead the sales teams.

Obituaries published in the April 2024 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Beverly Ann Lotta Daughtry

Kenneth Wayne Daughtry

ELGIN - Retired Elgin Courier Publisher Beverly Ann Lotta Daughtry, 81, and her husband Kenneth (Ken) Wayne Daughtry, 83, died March 14.

Registration is open for the Texas Press Association Convention & Trade Show set June 20-22 at Hilton College Station Hotel & Conference Center, 801 University Drive East in College Station.

RUSK — A little over two years ago, Texas’ oldest weekly newspaper was knocking on death’s door. John Hawkins, then the general manager of the Rusk Cherokeean-Herald, vividly remembers the phone call from the out-of-state corporate office on Dec. 10, 2021. “They said they were going to sell it or close it down,” he recalls. “I asked if they had anyone interested.

In what is considered a huge win for journalism, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a lower court’s ruling, effectively dismissing a suit filed by Tommy L. Coleman against Polk County Publishing Company and Valerie Reddell, former editor of the Polk County Enterprise. The 17-page opinion was written by Justice James D. Blacklock.