In 1962, the Waxahachie Daily Light became part of Craco, Inc. and Donald L. Coppedge became co-publisher of the paper with Craig Woodson.

[6] After the tragic New London School explosion in 1937, the Waxahachie Daily Light covered stories of survivors and of families whose children were killed.

The New York Times reported that the Waxahachie Daily Light called for an Easter Sunday memorial to be held in every Texas community in honor of the hundreds of teachers and children who died.

[8] In May 2018, a woman named Sherita Dixon Cole reported that she was kidnapped and raped by a Texas state trooper, who had arrested her for her "attitude" after she was pulled over for suspected intoxicated driving (she passed all DWI/DUI protocols, including a breathalyzer test).

[9] The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a response indicating that the dashboard camera footage did not support Cole's report.