W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners included W.T. Carter, an active civic leader who served as publisher and editor from 1907 to 1950. Begun as a weekly publication, the Herald has been a daily paper since 1953. From Killeen's earliest days, it grew with the town and chronicled the area's dynamic progress, and it is now the oldest privately owned and continuously operated business enterprise in the city.