Fort Bend Star
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The Fort Bend Star is a weekly newspaperGeorge, Cindy. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Fort-Bend-newspaper-loses-1-million-libel-lawsuit-1685578.php Fort Bend newspaper loses $1 million libel lawsuit]." Houston Chronicle. May 6, 2011. Retrieved on April 7, 2014. headquartered in Stafford, Texas in Greater Houston."[http://www.fortbendstar.com/about/ Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813195928/http://www.fortbendstar.com/about/ |date=2020-08-13 }}." Fort Bend Star. Retrieved on April 7, 2014. "The offices of fortbendstar.com are located at 3944 Bluebonnet Dr., Stafford, TX 77477 (the same location as the physical newspaper)."
History
The newspaper was founded in 1978 by Beverly "Bev" Carter (1941 in Ballinger, Texas - July 6, 2013). Her newspaper included a column written by her, "Bev's Burner." Mike Glenn of the Houston Chronicle wrote that it "mixed homey personal anecdotes with sometimes biting political observations."Glenn, Mike. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Fort-Bend-publisher-dies-of-cancer-at-72-4653718.php Fort Bend publisher dies of cancer at 72]." Houston Chronicle. July 8, 2013. Retrieved on April 7, 2014. She often criticized politicians including Governor of Texas Rick Perry and Congressman Tom Delay.
Carter died of cancer on Saturday July 6, 2013. As of that year, her son, Michael Fredrickson, published the newspaper. In 2017 it was purchased by McElvy Vasquez, LLC, with Jonathan McElvy serving as president and Frank Vasquez serving as publisher. In 2022, it, and other newspapers owned by McElvy Partners LLC (including The Leader and Greensheet, also based in Houston), was sold to Los Angeles-based Street Media.
The current editor of The Fort Bend Star is Ken Fountain. Contributing writers include features writer Dayna Worchel, columnist-at-large Lynn Ashby, local columnist Mark Garay, and arts-and-culture columnists Ryan Lee Reid and Janet Sue Reid.
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External links
- [http://www.fortbendstar.com Fort Bend Star]
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Category:Newspapers published in Greater Houston
Category:Fort Bend County, Texas
Category:1978 establishments in Texas
Category:Newspapers established in 1978
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Texas
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