A new Web site, StephenvilleLights.com, has been launched by local residents as a clearinghouse for new reports, background and other information related to past, recent and ongoing developments.

TEXAS NEWSPAPER OWNERSHIP

Meanwhile, reporting on elements of the sightings at one of the local newspapers, the Stephenville Empire-Tribune, has resulted in both praise and concern.

Initial reporting in the newspaper on the statements by local citizens, follow-up interviews with witnesses and local officials along with well-written news articles helped identify important and interesting aspects of the sightings.

When the national and international news media then continued responsible and fairly thorough research and reporting, Americans and people around the world were able to get a good picture of the situation in the Erath County sightings.

Then, when a reporter at the newspaper left employment there as the story was getting even more serious, with alleged threats of bodily harm or death against a local witness, ethics and professionalism at the newspaper became an area of concern.

Researchers and interested people noted that the parent company of the Empire-Tribune was listed on the newspaper's Web site as "Erath Publishers, Inc., a Consolidated Southwest Media company which is owned by American Consolidated Media."

It was also noted on the Web site that, "The Empire-Tribune is a member of the Associated Press, Texas Press Association, West Texas Press Association and the Inland Press Association."

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