Fort Bend Star

The Fort Bend Star is a weekly newspaper[1] headquartered in Stafford, Texas in Greater Houston.[2]

## History

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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."[3] She often criticized politicians including Governor of Texas Rick Perry and Congressman Tom Delay.[3]

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.[3] 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.

## References

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1. ^ George, Cindy. "Fort Bend newspaper loses $1 million libel lawsuit." Houston Chronicle. May 6, 2011. Retrieved on April 7, 2014.
2. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2020-08-13 at the Wayback Machine." 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)."
3. ^ a b c Glenn, Mike. "Fort Bend publisher dies of cancer at 72." Houston Chronicle. July 8, 2013. Retrieved on April 7, 2014.

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