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  ATHENS – New Year’s Day 2026 will launch the 40th season of the Toyota ShareLunker Program, another major milestone for Texas’ highly acclaimed and storied largemouth bass selective breeding and stocking program. Since 1986, anglers from throughout the state and nation have gone fishing on Texas lakes and cast their lines in hopes of

Christmas and New Year’s get all the focus at end-of-year, but more holidays are ahead, and the Gladewater MLK/Juneteenth Committee is spreading the word about their annual Martin Luther King Day Gospel Brunch. “Come and join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King,” featuring a new theme for 2026: “The Power

By Adrienne Brown Special to the Mirror The Gladewater Museum sits facing historic red brick streets, looking out over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the town’s famous antique shops. A familiar fixture in downtown, the museum’s full of well-cared-for and well-researched displays depicting Gladewater’s 150-plus year history, a plain Art Deco masonry building inviting

Truman Smith Toy Run rolls again, bigger and happier with each year The ride was most definitely good, once again, as a two-wheeled caravan of big-hearted bikers roared into Gladewater to drop off a sleigh-full of gifts at the Truman W. Smith Children’s Care Center. Unsurprisingly, the annual gesture by the men and women of

Upshur County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement on ICE Task Force operations. Through participation in the 287G Program, agencies receive training and funding in exchange for accepting ICE delegation of immigration enforcement actions. According to program documentation, local personnel act on ICE orders here and can be assigned to task