Approximately 150 horses rescued in large-scale alleged cruelty situation in Camp County

Camp County — The Humane Society of the United States is assisting the Camp County Sheriff’s Office and Safe Haven Equine Rescue and Retirement Home in removing approximately 150 horses from an alleged large-scale cruelty situation in Camp County, Texas. The Camp County Sheriff’s Office served a seizure warrant on an approximately 45-acre property at

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BE SAFE – DRIVE SMART

  TxDOT offers tips to help drivers reach their destinations safely during the busy summer travel months       ________________________________________ Summertime in Texas is the height of travel season, which means scores of people will be hitting the highways for long road trips, state park visits or lazy lake days. Traveling long distances can put drivers at

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Texas breaks new ground in effort to keep our forests healthy

Wes Moorehead, Texas A&M Forest Service East Texas Operations Department Head, and Kristi Keach, USDA Forest Service Timber Resource Specialist, survey a timber stand at the Sabine National Forest on June 24, 2019. COLLEGE STATION – On June 24, for the first time in Texas, Texas A&M Forest Service successfully merchandised, marketed and sold 224

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PICK UP THIS WEEK’S GLADEWATER MIRROR

  Check out the news you need in this week’s Gladewater Mirror, in news racks now.   For more than a month the City of Gladewater has been basically putting a big band aide on a serious sewer problem on US 271 north and Pyeatt Drive after a sewer line became crushed under the fourlane

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Glenwood Acres now ‘Fire Wise Community’

On hand for Glenwood Acres Volunteer Fire Department’s presenation of their sign designating part of their area as a Fire Wise Community was (L to R) Texas Forest Service Business Associate Dian Melton, TFS Resource Specialist Kyle Dougan, Glenwood VFD Chief Terry Conyers, TFS Wildland Urban Interface Specialist Samuel McCalip, TFS Regional Fire Coordinator Josh

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UPSHUR VOTES TO TAKE NO ACTION ON CHILD SAFETY FEE

  BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS GILMER–Upshur County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 Friday to “take no action” on a proposal by Court Appointed Special Advocates to impose a 50-cent annual “child safety fee” on each vehicle’s annual registration. By state law, the fee, which would be paid when a vehicle or trailer is annually registered at the

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AG Paxton Announces $13 Million in Debt Relief for Texas ITT Tech Students in Multistate Settlement

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a $13 million debt relief agreement for 1,430 former ITT Tech students in Texas as part of a 43-state settlement with Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC. Nationally, the settlement will result in debt relief for more than $168 million for more than 18,000 former ITT Tech students.  

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Boil Notice Issued in Gladewater

A water main broke today, resulting in a major loss of water. City officials say the water tower is in the process of filling back up now so customers should start seeing better pressure soon.  It takes approximately 6 hours to fill the tower when it is drained. Once it is full city officials will

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