Public News
Public News was an alternative news weekly, published in Houston, until 1998. Richard Tomcala created the publication as a flier in 1982 to advertise a nightclub, Rock Island/The Island, and this morphed into a newspaper. Bert Woodall came to the publication in early 1983 as a volunteer and, June 1984, bought Public News. This newspaper evolved throughout its history, initially covering the punk rock scene in Houston, becoming a general-purpose, alternative weekly with a determined focus on Houston, particularly on Houston-based musicians, artists, theater groups, the club scene, and feature stories with a local slant. The issues of the Public News available on The Portal to Texas History were contributed by the Rice University Woodson Research Center.
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Public News in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/PUBN/ accessed May 9, 2024.
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