Rockdale co-publisher is a TPA vice president

Ken Cooke, publisher of the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post and a co-publisher of The Rockdale Reporter, was elected second vice president Texas Press Association at a special virtual TPA board meeting held Jan. 21. The virtual meeting was held instead of the usual in-person convention meeting due to COVID-19 health concerns.

Jim Bardwell, publisher of the Gladewater Mirror, Lindale News & Times and the White Oak Independent, was elected president. Bardwell succeeds Ramona Ferguson, publisher of The Banner Press, who became chairman of the board.

Other new officers include Leonard Woolsey, publisher of The Galveston Daily News, as first vice president, and Lisa Chappell, publisher of the Greenville Herald-Banner, as treasurer.