Meeker, Stories

Leota Cook: She was the Meeker Herald’s voice

Leota Cook stands behind her husband’s headstone next to her oldest son Jim and his wife Debbie, who is holding Leota’s great-granddaughter Brady Lay. The flag of the Meeker Herald is engraved on the former editor/publisher’s headstone.
MEEKER I With the paper changing editors it seems a perfect time to celebrate one of the incredible women behind nearly 30 years of “The Meeker Herald,” Leota Cook. The Cook family bought the newspaper company in 1964…