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Christmas parades will soon be rolling throughout East Texas communities, and White Oak’s festivities are set early next week. The annual event gets moving at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, Dec. 8, but the fun starts a bit earlier as Santa Claus visits City Hall for pictures and cookies (for the kids, too!) from 5 p.m.

Hear that? It’s ‘The Sounds of Christmas’ getting ever-nearer. That’s the theme for the 2025 Gladewater Christmas Parade, spearheaded by the local chamber of commerce Dec. 13. Be it a truck-and-trailer, a clatch of classic cars, a bunch of bicycles or a welter of walkers, they’ll be decked out for a bit of “Fa la

“You always hear them say, ‘I don’t like math.'” But that’s not the final word for Gladewater ISD Supt. Rae Ann Patty and her faculty. When young students turn their nose up at a math or science, the teachers are putting in the extra effort to spark fresh curiosity. Texas Education Agency’s mobile STEM lab

White Oak ISD is launching a search for a new athletic director and head coach following AD Michael Ludlow’s resignation Nov. 21. “He is looking to pursue a coaching career elsewhere,” WOISD Supt. Jack Parker said Friday. “We wish him the best in his future and thank him for the three years he gave us

The pews of First United Methodist Church will be covered in color Saturday as local quilters put their best on display. The annual Patchwork in the Pews Quilt Show runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 22 in the sanctuary at 217 W. Quitman Ave. Presented by local Gladewater quilters, the event is free and

Gladewater City Council members have an extensive agenda ahead Nov. 20, touching on everything from sewer improvements to Gladewater ISD traffic issues and leases at Lake Gladewater. In addition to weighing the funding and purchase of a new fire engine, the council’s scheduled to discuss-and-consider (i.e. vote on) the city’s acquisition of railroad property west

Contributions are coming in for the community’s annual Wreaths Across America remembrance, but there’s still a ways to go to hit the goal to place 600 wreaths for service members graves at Gladewater Memorial Park come Dec. 13. It’s a simultaneous commemoration nationwide, set for 11 a.m. that Saturday morning. Per Gladewater Chamber of Commerce

Sales tax revenues were up-and-down across the area this month despite the addition of quarterly returns in the November mix. Statewide, revenues showed a year-to-year increase of more than 6 percent. In Gladewater, the municipality reaped a $175,733 payment from the state comptroller’s office. It’s a 4.63 percent increase on November 2024’s check. White Oak’s