The La Feria News is closing its operations after 102 years.

Its sister publication, the Los Fresnos News, which started in 2005, also came to an end on Friday.

"It breaks my heart a little," La Feria News Manager Landon Jennings said.

Jennings and his sister ran the paper. They took over in 2020, but the weekly publication, covering La Feria and the surrounding areas, started back in 1923, long before the internet or social media.

He says each publication was for the people.

"They appreciate the paper. When the local boy earns an Eagle Scout, that's not going to be in many big news organizations," Jennings said.

It cost just 50 cents to buy the newspaper.

Jennings says over the six years of operations, he and his sister broke even at best.

"We never took salaries for ourselves, we

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