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Districts statewide await word from Austin on school taxes By JAMES DRAPER Gladewater ISD trustees unanimously-approved the district’s financial plan for the 2023-2024 school year Monday night – the balanced budget includes total estimated revenues of $21,078,340, a 6.9 percent increase over the prior year. Importantly, the 4-0 adoption June 26 only considered the GISD

Undergraduate tuition, academic fees for Texas residents frozen for next two years   BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved a record $1.19 billion in new spending for The Texas A&M University System, including money to freeze undergraduate tuition and fees for Texas residents the next two years. The new spending, which

The 86th Annual Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo begins June 7 and runs through June 10, with PRCA rodeo action every night. This Special Edition brings you information about those in the arena – world champion bull rider Don Gay providing all the color commentary and bullfighters Judd Napier and Wacey Munsell keeping the cowboys safe from

COMMERCE, TX—Texas A&M University-Commerce will soon be home to an innovative gamebird research and education facility, thanks to a historic gift from alumnus Ted B. Lyon and his wife, Donna. Construction of the Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research at Texas A&M University-Commerce will begin in 2024. In December 2022, the Lyons gifted

Following Friday afternoon’s Texas Press Association luncheon in Round Rock, Gladewater Mirror Publisher Jim Bardwell (right) poses with son Josh, and daughter-in-law Jennifer – the late Suzanne Bardwell was inducted into the Texas Newspaper Hall of Fame and Jim Bardwell was honored for his 50 years in the newspaper industry. To her students, to her

A Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed a Locker Plant Road shed used for both welding and storage. Fortunately, there were no injuries in the blaze, said Gladewater Fire Chief Mike Simmons, which most likely started around the welding equipment and spread to the rest of the fabricated building. The welder performed some minor work about an

Repairs to out-of-service utilities at Bumblebee Park drew easy support from council members hoping a $17,000 repair bill will simultaneously increase usage and safety at the public space on Coach Cooksey Street. “We’ve had an issue out there with some electrical repair,” Mayor Scott Owens noted. Meanwhile, “We have had, from time to time, some