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By James Draper When elderly man fell from his step into his front yard in the high heat of an early August afternoon, the Union Grove resident fought for more than an hour to get back on his feet. Elbows bleeding, heat stifling, sun beating down, he was stuck. Sunset and slightly cooler temperatures were

Even with the weekend’s weather, the water level at Lake Gladewater is well below average, putting the community well within a Stage One Water Conservation situation. “According to the city’s drought plan, when we’re four feet over our highest intake we’re supposed to go to ‘voluntary conservation,’” says Gladewater’s public works chief, Al Harrison. At

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court on Friday lowered the county’s property tax rate after approving the county budget for 2023-24, although dropping the rate won’t prevent most taxpayers from having higher tax bills than they did last year. The court reduced the rate from the current 59.9 cents per $100 valuation to 49.6

The dais is now full at Gladewater ISD – on Monday, the district’s board of trustees chose Cori Arevalo to fill their vacancy in Place 5. In addition to a number of other agenda items and board training, the school’s elected officials tapped the brakes slightly on developing plans to repair storm damage and mitigate

“What are the keys to our current and future success?” There are a lot of factors that come into play for Gladewater ISD, Dr. Sedric Clark told local business leaders Sept. 12 during Gladewater Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly luncheon. Walk into any GISD school and speak to any student, Clark said, and anticipate a polite

By Phillip Williams In what was presumably the highest-scoring game in Gilmer school history, the Gilmer Buckeyes hoisted a Homecoming Hurrah as they plundered a team from a new Prosper ISD high school, the Walnut Grove Wildcats, by a stultifying score, 82-62, at Jeff Traylor Stadium on Friday night. Amazingly, despite giving up nine touchdowns,

After 50 years, it’s no wonder the Gladewater Arts & Crafts Festival drew a healthy crowd of well-wishers, treasure seekers and artisanal aficionados to town over the weekend. With wonderful weather beckoning them to the grounds of the Gladewater ISD Administration, the bargain hunters and early Christmas shoppers moved through the sea of tents at

Gladewater knew they had a tough task on their hands on Friday night when they traveled to Gunter to take on the defending 3-A division 2 state champion Gunter Tigers. And sadly the game got away from the Bears quickly as the fell 49-7. The Tigers jumped out quickly going up 21-0 in the first