Former McPherson Sentinel managing editor Mindy Kepfield, 45, joined Hoch Publishing staff Monday as a news editor.

Kepfield has worked as a writer, designed news pages, photographed and edited copy for publishing companies in Kansas and Oklahoma including: The Hutchison News, Times-Sentinel Newspapers, The Norman Transcript and The Journal Record.In addition, she has served customers both in sales and as a newspaper librarian.

Kepfield received a degree in journalism and mass communications from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She lives with her husband, Sam, an attorney, in Hutchinson.

They have two daughters Valerie, 18, and Sabrina, 14.