The Cuero Record, Jackson County Herald- Tribune and Yorktown News-View this week welcomed Bobby Horecka to their editorial staff.
He will be covering events, news items and other stories of interest for both DeWitt and Jackson counties.
Horecka comes from just across the county line, where he and his wife, Jennifer – a grade school teacher who taught several years at Cuero’s St. Michael’s Catholic School – spent the last few years establishing their farm between Shiner and Hallettsville, while he also helped out with Lavaca County’s four newspapers and led the nearby Luling Newsboy & Signal to a 2025 Sweepstakes Award with the Texas Press Association, his fourth such honor in a career that now spans four decades.
While collecting multiple state and national press accolades through the years, Horecka is also a published author with a dozen books to his credit, so far. His 2020 story collection, Long Gone & Lost: True Fictions and Other Lies, even got shortlisted for a 2021 book award with the Texas Institute of Letters.
A Gonzales High School graduate, Horecka holds a bachelor’s in English from Texas State University in San Marcos and a master’s in creative writing from Texas A&M-Victoria.
Originally trained as an educator, he also spent several years teaching writing courses at various universities and junior colleges across the Lone Star State.
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