Newman newspaper closing doors
NEWMAN -- A long-standing newspaper in northeastern Douglas County, The Newman Independent, is shuttering its doors effective Thursday, Jan. 4. The independent newspaper owned by Cathy Hales and the late Dana Hales was initially supposed to close its doors on Sunday. Still, developments from a December 20 public meeting seemed to pique interest in keeping the 151-year-old newspaper going. An initial editorial penned by editor Matthew Hales in the December 28 edition of the Newman Independent would initially present the […]