Newspaper in Waco, Texas
The
Waco Tribune-Herald
is an American daily
newspaper
serving
Waco, Texas
, and vicinity.
Background
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The newspaper has its roots in five predecessors, beginning with the
Waco Evening Telephone
in 1892. The
Tribune-Herald
took its current identity when E.S. Fentress and Charles Marsh, who owned the
Waco News-Tribune,
bought the
Waco Times-Herald.
That purchase was the beginning of Newspapers, Inc., a chain that eventually owned 13 newspapers.
The newspapers stayed in the Fentress family until 1976, when they were sold to
Cox Newspapers
, which continued to own the chain until 2009, when Waco businessman Clifton Robinson bought the paper. In 2012, Robinson sold the newspaper to
Berkshire Hathaway
.
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The
Tribune-Herald
is best known for "The Sinful Messiah", a series of stories in February and March 1993 about the
Branch Davidian
sect
headquartered in a compound in
Mount Carmel
, near Waco. The series reported that leader
Vernon Howell, later known as David Koresh
, had turned the group into a cult, engaged in
polygamy
, abused children living in the compound, and was amassing an arsenal of weapons. The
Tribune-Herald
had been reporting on a number of issues about the compound in the months before the series. The
ATF
later claimed that the raid was moved up a day, to February 28, 1993, in response to the series, which the ATF had tried to prevent from being published.
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Beginning February 1, ATF agents had three meetings with
Tribune-Herald
staff regarding a delay in publication of "The Sinful Messiah". The paper was first told by the ATF that the raid would take place February 22, which they changed to March 1, and then ultimately to an indefinite date.
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In a February 24 meeting between
Tribune-Herald
staff and ATF agent Phillip Chojancki and two other agents, the ATF could not give the newspaper staff a clear idea of what action was planned or when. The
Tribune-Herald
informed ATF they were publishing the series, which included an editorial calling for local authorities to act. Personnel of the
Tribune-Herald
found out about the imminent raid after the first installment of "The Sinful Messiah" had already appeared on February 27.
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A shootout occurred, leading to a
51-day siege
that ended in an attack on the compound, which resulted in its fiery destruction that was seen live by
television
viewers around the world.
In 2021, the newspaper announced it would move out of its 70-year-old building, which is being bought by the Magnolia brand helmed by
Chip and Joanna Gaines
, whose
Magnolia Market
at the Silos attraction is located just a few blocks away. The television personalities plan to make the facility their corporate headquarters in 2022.
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Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.
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Waco Today Magazine
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The paper published a monthly
lifestyle magazine
from June 1997 to May 2023. It was
discontinued
with the May 2023 edition, ending its run at 26 years (312 issues). Most issues focused on a specific topic, such as medical, family-owned businesses, homes or dining out for the Waco area.
See also
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References
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Lee Enterprises.
"Form 10-K"
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investors.lee.net
. Retrieved
February 29,
2024
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"Buffett's Berkshire buys Waco Tribune-Herald"
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CBS News
. Associated Press. June 22, 2012
. Retrieved
October 17,
2015
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Neil Rawles (February 2, 2007).
Inside Waco
(Television documentary). Channel 4/HBO.
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a
b
Report of the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell Also Known as David Koresh, September 1993
Archived
April 2, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
,
PDF of actual report
, pp. 9?10.
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Mike Copeland (April 3, 2021).
"Chip, Joanna Gaines buying Tribune-Herald building for new Magnolia headquarters"
. Waco Tribune-Herald
. Retrieved
April 3,
2021
.
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Boggs, Steve (2023-05-20).
"Steve Boggs: Your expanded Waco Tribune-Herald coming soon"
.
Waco Tribune-Herald
. Retrieved
2023-07-19
.
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