Hesperian-Beacon garners 6 TPA awards

Paragraph Ranch group newspapers among 53 weeklies honored

THE FLOYD COUNTY HESPERIAN-BEACON’S 2021 CHRISTMAS AD for Probasco Flying Service was part of the statewide 4th place award-winning entry in small weekly newspapers at last week’s Texas Press Association convention. | HESPERIAN-BEACON
THE FLOYD COUNTY HESPERIAN-BEACON’S 2021 CHRISTMAS AD for Probasco Flying Service was part of the statewide 4th place award-winning entry in small weekly newspapers at last week’s Texas Press Association convention. | HESPERIAN-BEACON

At the 142nd convention of the Texas Press Association, July 28–30, in San Marcos, The Caprock Courier, The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon and The Texas Spur were among almost 80 Texas daily, semiweekly, and weekly newspapers receiving annual awards for outstanding journalism in 18 categories in nine divisions ranked by circulation size; of these, 53 were weeklies in six divisions.

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