The newspaper group presented the award to Whitmire in recognition of his passage of Senate Bill 308 in the 84th Texas Legislature. The bill applied the state's public information laws to campus police departments at private universities.
By DONNIS BAGGETT
Texas Press Association
One of the greatest attributes of the printed word is its permanence. Thanks to print, sometimes we stumble across the wisdom of the ages when we’re not even searching for it.
Former Sweetwater Reporter publisher, Carol Renee' Bond Theiss of Russell, died Dec. 10, 2015, at the age of 44.
By MATHEW WALLACE
Williamson County Sun
mathew@wilcosun.com
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Former El Paso Times and Herald-Post reporter Ken Flynn died Jan.