The Royse City Herald-Banner is a hyper-local newspaper publishing every Wednesday. It is published by Herald Banner Publications, based in nearby Greenville, Texas, part of the CNHI family of U.S. news outlets.
In March 2019, the Royse City Herald-Banner won first place in the General Excellence weekly newspaper competition held by the North and East Texas Press Association. The contest included 81 weekly and daily newspapers from across the region.
We cover Royse City Independent School District, the Royse City Council, the Royse City Chamber of Commerce, and local nonprofits, crime, and neighborhood news. We also cover include news from Hunt and Rockwall County commissioners when relevant to Royse City residents and readers.
In addition to the print edition that is distributed on Wednesdays, we also update our website – https://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/ – and our page regularly with news, human interest stories and local sports updates. If breaking news is urgent or potentially affects public safety (ie weather updates, traffic alerts, closed roads etc.), it will be published immediately on our social media channels.
We welcome any and all feedback and story suggestions, regardless of the topic or nature of the feedback. Email Editor Kristal Kuykendall at [email protected] with news tips, coverage requests, letters to the editor or any other feedback. Breaking news and other urgent messages to the newsroom may be sent via text to the editor, 903-213-2990.
Community Calendar items, press releases, contributed photos/articles and obituaries should be emailed to [email protected]. Obituaries also may be placed self-service on our website, http://obituaries.roysecityheraldbanner.com/.
Local non-profits are welcome to share information about their services and events on our page and in our print edition; please email non-profit calendar items, story submissions, and coverage requests to [email protected].
For-profit groups that wish to publicize free events that are open to the public should email their information to [email protected] to be considered for inclusion at no charge in our online and print pages. Any for-profit entity seeking guaranteed publication of their event, product or message in our various online and print platforms should email [email protected], or call the Retail Advertising department at 903-455-4220 during business hours.
Letters to the editor must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification purposes. (Only the name and hometown will be published.) Letters should be under 500 words and are published at the editor’s discretion. We publish 99.9% of the letters we receive, regardless of the topic or viewpoint.
Guest commentary (opinion column) submissions are also welcome, on any topic. Opinion columns should be between 500 and 800 words and will be published at the editor’s discretion. We publish 99.9% of the contributed opinion columns we receive, regardless of the topic or viewpoint.
For advertising inquiries, please email [email protected]. For classifieds or legal notices, please email [email protected]. To reach Publisher Lisa Chappell, email [email protected].
You can reach us by phone at 903-455-4220.
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE POLICIES:
The Royse City Herald-Banner encourages everyone to share their opinions in comments on our Page's posts, so long as those comments are not slandering others (individuals or businesses, since both are considered illegal speech) and as long as they do not include inaccurate statements of fact or hate speech. Foul language and bullying are not allowed.
Also not allowed are unpaid advertisements. Many businesses and political entities choose to follow industry-wide protocols and pay for the service of advertising their product or message through our various pages and outlets.
Local non-profits are welcome to share information about their services and events on our page.
Thank you for your interest in the Herald-Banner!
