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Everyone who stood up to speak on short-term rentals had plenty of time at the podium Dec. 18 – it made the Gladewater City Council’s meeting a bit longer, a bit more contentious, perhaps, but everyone got their say. More than once, in some cases. Both sides said their piece, at length. That was the

A 23-year-old White Oak man remains incarcerated in the Gregg County Jail on bonds totaling more than $1.1 million, accused of murdering his mother. According to investigators, Penny Renee Keys, 58, was stabbed multiple times, discovered outside her Jamerison Road residence on New Year’s Eve. Her son, Zachary Ryan Keys, resides on the same road

Ultimately, White Oak ISD collected approximately 60 applications in search of a new athletic director and head coach – about a fifth of the hopefuls will be in the mix during interviews this month. “We met this morning and have a timeline,” Superintendent Jack Parker said Monday. “We’re going to spend the next few weeks

Gladewater ISD isn’t looking for a new resolution for 2026 – the district adopted a new resolve many months ahead of the New Year. “We’re going to be looking forward to continuing to implement our new curriculum,” GISD Superintendent Rae Ann Patty says, “working with coaching teachers and coaching students on how to get better.”

  ATHENS – New Year’s Day 2026 will launch the 40th season of the Toyota ShareLunker Program, another major milestone for Texas’ highly acclaimed and storied largemouth bass selective breeding and stocking program. Since 1986, anglers from throughout the state and nation have gone fishing on Texas lakes and cast their lines in hopes of

Christmas and New Year’s get all the focus at end-of-year, but more holidays are ahead, and the Gladewater MLK/Juneteenth Committee is spreading the word about their annual Martin Luther King Day Gospel Brunch. “Come and join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King,” featuring a new theme for 2026: “The Power

By Adrienne Brown Special to the Mirror The Gladewater Museum sits facing historic red brick streets, looking out over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the town’s famous antique shops. A familiar fixture in downtown, the museum’s full of well-cared-for and well-researched displays depicting Gladewater’s 150-plus year history, a plain Art Deco masonry building inviting

Truman Smith Toy Run rolls again, bigger and happier with each year The ride was most definitely good, once again, as a two-wheeled caravan of big-hearted bikers roared into Gladewater to drop off a sleigh-full of gifts at the Truman W. Smith Children’s Care Center. Unsurprisingly, the annual gesture by the men and women of