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Lee-Bardwell Public Library’s ready to celebrate ‘The Boy Who Lived’ once again with Harry Potter Day set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Granted, the young wizard’s not a boy anymore – the end of the month marks the lightning-scarred lad’s 45th birthday. The annual event is one of the library’s biggest

Alan Henry FAIR. Water clear; 81 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-35 feet of water over trees with jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas. Amistad GOOD. Water very stained; 82 degrees; 61.55 feet below pool. Lake conditions are holding steady with no significant changes from last week.

Union Grove ISD trustees will deliberate Superintendent Kelly Moore’s resignation in a special meeting Tuesday evening. It’s the school board’s second meeting this month and follows recent allegations of two ongoing criminal investigations at the district, including accusations Moore did not follow mandatory reporting requirements after an incident involving students. The July 22 session is

By JAMES DRAPER  |   Bring up ‘water supply’ in the wrong corner of Texas, and a person might get wrung out and hung out to dry. It’s a tense issue where there are deficits and just as fraught in places of plenty: the tug-of-war between communities that ‘have’ and their ever-growing ‘have not’ neighbors near

  AUSTIN – Hunters now have new opportunities and scenery to experience this fall through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program. Through this program, hunters are issued permits for drawn hunts on both public and private lands throughout Texas. Applications are now being accepted for a shot at nearly 9,600 permits

The City of Gladewater’s taking a page out of White Oak’s book – almost literally. Council members here are set to vote July 17 on an ordinance setting regulations for local rights-of-way. It’s derived in large part from a similar ordinance City of White Oak elected officials adopted July 8 to curtail errant digs that

In addition to White Oak’s community-wide water outage and boil water notice, a portion of North White Oak Road will have to be removed and replaced after a dig breached a 12-inch water main Thursday morning. Temporarily shutting off the water supply for repairs, city leaders urged residents to fill containers as quickly as possible.

On July 8, 2025, George Osbron Merrill, III, W/M, DOB: 05/29/2007, pleaded guilty to Criminal Mischief, F3. Defendant Merrill received a prison term of 10 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On January 25, 2025, Upshur County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the Union Grove High School involving a potential