The success of the Goole Times prompted Chronicle Publications to launch the Selby Post in November 1999.
[10] Butler became managing editor and director of the paper in 1969 after returning from serving in Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War.
The team was made up of Daily Telegraph reporter Tom Kershaw who began his newspaper career at both of the titles in 2013.
[12] Natalie Kershaw, the paper's deputy editor since 2018, received a nomination for 'Weekly News Reporter of the Year in September 2016 at the same annual O2 Media Awards ceremony.
[15] Brigg and Goole MP Andrew Percy later posted a copy of the paper to Network Rail asking for them to pledge work to fix the issue.
He went on to dizzying heights in his journalism career, achieving a front page splash on the Daily Star on 11 December 2020 for a story on how the Prime Minister declared the World Pie Eating Championship would be cancelled.
A covert investigation was launched by the Goole and Selby Times papers to snare paedophiles in the local area during summer 2016.
[17] Selby Times reporter James Morris posed as an underage girl and was immediately targeted by pervert, and ex-army officer, Paul Handley.
[18] Handley was snared in a sting by Morris, who created fake profiles and posed as an underage girl on an online chat room.