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Thursday morning at 5:30 a.m. a call was received by the Gladewater Police of suspicious activity at the City National Bank located at 895 E. Broadway. Chief Gordon Freeman reports that officers responded at 5:32 a.m. and recovered a stolen vehicle. Officers also discovered the ATM had been broken into and a undisclosed amount of

By Phillip Williams ARLINGTON–Beset by fatal follies in the kicking game, the lethal legs of the opposing quarterback, a debilitating defense, and a passel of penalties, the Gilmer Buckeyes faltered for the second straight season in the Class 4A Division II state championship wargame Friday as the unvanquished China Spring Cougars gashed Gilmer 31-7, to

              Ranchers Leasing Workshop 2022 dates announced, starts Jan. 10 Award-winning program focuses on grazing, hunting and livestock leases   Leasing is a common way for producers to start or expand operations. A half-day Rancher’s Leasing Workshop, designed for agricultural landowners and tenants, focuses on grazing, hunting and livestock

By Phillip Williams PROSPER–The word had come down from the Divination Division of the football commentariat before Friday night’s semi-finals showdown between the Gilmer Buckeyes and Celina Bobcats that Celina would assuredly bedevil the Buckeyes and procure a place in the class 4A Division II state championship tilt. After all, Celina, which entered the ring

Mike Simmons, currently the director of the Kilgore College Fire Academy, was introduced Monday at Gladewater City Hall as this next Gladewater Fire Chief. City Manager Ricky Tow, addressing council members as well as Gladewater firefighters and police officers, said Simmons was selected out of a field of 22 applicants.  (Read more about Simmons in

By Phillip Williams MOUNT PLEASANT–The idee fixe among some in coaching circles that ball control is the gangway to gridiron glory took a rather disasterous discrediting for the Pleasant Grove Hawks in their re-match with the Gilmer Buckeyes in Playoff Paradise here Friday night. Despite a landlubbing, time-devouring offense that ingested substantial yardage and ran

The Bears’ season ended Friday night in Sulphur Springs as Mount Vernon beat Gladewater 40-14 in the Regional Quarterfinal round game. But the Bears wound up with the District Title, Bi-District trophy and Area trophy. (Read about the game intros week’s Gladewater Mirror)

By Phillip Williams TYLER–Unvanquished Van hath been vanquished. Gilmer Buckeyes quarterback Brandon Tennison made the fabled Red Baron resemble an aviational tyro by comparison, sending a stupefying six TD passes through the airwaves as Gilmer vaporized Van, 56-35, in a Class 4A Region II regional semi-finals ode to offense Friday afternoon at Earl Campbell Field.