Texas Tuition Promise Fund turns 15; enroll before Nov. 1 and save

The Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan, turns 15 this month. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds families that enrollment in the plan began today and runs through Feb. 29, 2024. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers parents and loved ones the chance to prepay for a child’s future tuition and required,

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TEA accountability goalposts moving

By James Draper Texas Education Agency’s changes to the state accountability system are apparently moving the goalposts on standardized tests – it’s certainly likely to have an impact on local scores. The changes were enacted during the 2022-2023 school year, and the latest projections indicate they could shift Gladewater ISD’s results by an entire letter

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Upshur hires Stegall to lead road and bridge

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court last Thursday appointed veteran county Road and Bridge Department worker Phil Stegall as county road administrator. The court had recently named Stegall, a department employee the past 19 years, as interim administrator after administrator Andy Jordan resigned effective July 7. Jordan had held the post more than 10

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Rural Texas – already starved for health care – faces a dearth of volunteer first responders

By Jayme Lozano Carver After a tornado barreled through the small West Texas town of Matador last month, volunteers mobilized to pick up the pieces — so many that the town was closed by law enforcement the following day. The scene of neighbors helping neighbors sift through debris offered a fresh reminder that in lonely

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Balcorta GHS Homecoming Queen 2023

Haddassah Balcorta was named 2023 Gladewater High School Homecoming Queen at Friday night’s game which saw Spring Hill beat the Bears, 35 – 21.  

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Buckeyes get win over Paris, 43-40

By Phillip Williams PARIS–And it came to pass that the Big Bopper for the previous winless Gilmer Buckeyes’ truncated 43-40 plastering of the Paris Wildcats here Friday night was Mother Nature, whose display of lightning triggered the spellbinding homecoming contest to be called with 6:07 left in the final quarter. White flashes had appeared in

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Balcorta, Clinkscales competing for Miss Gregg County crown

Gladewater High School’s Hadassah Balcorta and White Oak High School’s Addison Clinkscales will join five other Gregg County school contestants vying for the title of Miss Gregg County at the Gregg County Fair’s Sept. 14 event. The pageant will be held on the main outdor stage, 9-11 p.m., and will also include the traditional “School

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Boy Scout Troop 198 celebrates Court of Honor

Gladewater Boy Scout Troop 198 along with family and friends celebrated Court of Honor August 22nd 2023 at The Antique RV Park. Several awards and merits were given for the boys’ hard work over the summer at Camp Pirtle. Three newest recruits were recognized for achieving their very first rank of Scout. These boys crossed

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