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Beatrice Council honors longtime local reporter Doug Kennedy ahead of departure
Summary
At a brief Beatrice City Council meeting, members recognized local reporter Doug Kennedy for more than 40 years of coverage; Mayor praised his integrity and announced Kennedy will stop attending in an official capacity on June 3.
Beatrice City Council members used a short June meeting to publicly recognize longtime local reporter Doug Kennedy and thanked him for decades of coverage.
The mayor praised Kennedy’s work, saying, “Doug, I think you've done a yeoman's job in your job,” and later added that the quality he most appreciated was “the honesty that you have and the integrity that you've had while you do your newscasts.” The mayor also said Kennedy would be leaving “in an official capacity” on June 3.
The acknowledgment noted Kennedy’s long presence at council meetings: the mayor said Kennedy had been “a positive stable influence for the city of Beatrice for over 40 years” and recalled the reporter’s attendance at meetings and community programs going back decades. The mayor referenced working with local media personalities and multiple mayoral administrations while describing Kennedy’s reporting as “fair and unbiased.”
The recognition came near the start of a meeting that council members described as brief; there were no public forum speakers and the council moved quickly into routine business. The meeting adjourned at 6:06 p.m.
The remarks were ceremonial and did not include any formal council action regarding staffing or media policy.
