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Board nominates local reporters to TASB Media Honor Roll and approves office-space MOU for The Gatesville Messenger
Summary
Trustees approved nominating three Gatesville Messenger journalists to the TASB Media Honor Roll and approved an MOU to let Gatesville Newspapers Inc. use primary office space after a fire damaged the paper's offices.
Superintendent Dr. Barrett Pollard recommended nominating David Scott, Ally Hinkle and Janice Velasquez of The Gatesville Messenger to the 2026 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Media Honor Roll; trustees approved the resolution unanimously.
Pollard also described the newspaper’s recent loss of its office after a fire and said Copperas Cove Leader Press owner David Tuma purchased the publication; David Morris will serve as publisher. Pollard recommended and the board approved an MOU permitting Gatesville Newspapers Inc. (doing business as The Gatesville Messenger) to use vacated Primary office space. Pollard described the impact of the loss in the community, saying the fire "destroyed the Gatesville Messenger office and all of its historical records."
