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By Phillip Williams After a public hearing which drew at least one citizen’s complaint about the proposed 2023-24 Upshur County budget, the county commissioners court last Thursday scheduled Sept. 15 as date for adopting it and the proposed new county tax rate. The court also set a Sept. 15 public hearing on the proposed new

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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