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Craig Garnett
Craig Garnett, owner and publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News since 1989, writes news stories, commentary and editorials for which he has won numerous awards from the Texas and South Texas Press Associations. In 2023, he received the Texas Press Association’s Frank W. Mayborn Award for Community Leadership and the University of Kentucky’s Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity, and tenacity in rural journalism. Garnett lives on a farm outside Uvalde with his wife, Melissa. His new book is Uvalde’s Darkest Hour.
