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Jul 1, 2020
Fred B. Hilton Jr., a former sports editor at the Ponca City (Oklahoma) News, died March 3, 2020. He was 82.
Hilton was born May 13, 1937, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He received a degree in journalism from Arkansas State College in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In 1962, Hilton was named sports editor for the Ponca City News. He retired in 2011. In 2002, Hilton was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association’s Quarter Century Club.
Kevin M. Jones, a 31-year employee of the St. Louis American and for many years its chief operating officer, has passed away.
Robert Berglund, former publisher of the (Loyal) Tribune Record Gleaner and member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame, died on Saturday, Dec. 30. He was 93.
Mitchell, the publisher and editor of the Point Reyes (California) Light for 27 years, died in his Point Reyes Station home on Oct. 26.
