LCP acquires The Grand Saline Sun in Texas

Lewis County Press, LLC, has acquired The Grand Saline Sun of Grand Saline, Texas.  The Grand Saline Sun is Lewis County Press' ninth newspaper acquisition and second investment in a Texas newspaper; the company continues to seek additional papers to expand its portfolio of rural, subscriber-based weekly newspapers.

Bert Rex Fite will lead The Grand Saline Sun as editor and publisher. He will continue the paper's focus on community journalism and local advertisers and will maintain a web presence for residents at www.GrandSalineSun.com.

Kevin Butner, Lewis County Press chief operating officer, said the news company is looking forward to additional acquisitions, including three additional newspapers that are under contract heading to documentation and a pipeline of other potential deals.

"We are happy to add Bert to our team of community newspaper leaders," Butner said.  "Lewis County Press takes on the hassles of newspaper production – the technology, the billing, the subscription management – and we count on the local newspaper leaders to deliver the special sauce of community news and advertising."

Lewis Floyd, senior associate with W.B. Grimes & Company, represented the seller in this transaction.

Lewis County Press, headquartered in LaGrange, Mo., is the parent of the DeWitt Era-Enterprise, Arkansas County, Ark.; The Lamar Democrat, Barton County, Mo.; The Vedette, Dade County, Mo.; The Messenger of Juneau County, Juneau County, Wis.; the Press-News Journal, Lewis County, Mo.; the Macon County Home Press, Macon County, Mo.; the Monroe County Appeal, Monroe County, Mo.; the Ralls County Herald-Enterprise, Ralls County, Mo.; and The Grand Saline Sun, Van Zandt County, Texas.