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Early voting in the March 5 Primary begins Feb. 20 and runs through March 1. Voting can be done at the Gregg County Courthouse and at various locations throughout the county – except not in Gladewater. For the second consecutive time, Gladewater voters will have to drive out of town to vote early. Typically, Election

Don’t Mess With Texas® scholarship contest now open for applications     ATLANTA – Texas students who helped clean up and beautify their communities can now apply for a scholarship contest awarding a total of $10,000. The annual Don’t mess with Texas® Scholarship Contest is now accepting applications for the 2024 school year. All Texas high

With a recent addition to the Spring 2024 ballot, Gladewater has a contested race for the mayor’s seat, and the final ballot isn’t set. Incumbent Place 3 council member Brandy Flanagan filed early for the central spot on the dais and has drawn a late challenger in a recent filing by Jim Valentine. There are

The Upshur County Grand Jury has indicted Alvin Charles McKnight, Jr., on a capital murder charge in connection with the Nov. 4 shooting deaths of two sisters. McKnight’s was among 21 indictments, six of them sealed, which jurors returned in Gilmer Feb. 1, Byrd’s office announced Feb. 7. The suspect remained in county jail under

[UPDATE, 11:29 am: Following publication of this story, the downtown tree has been removed.] ‘Twas seven weeks since Christmas, in Gladewater town, And the towering tree still hasn’t come down. In the heart of the city, right there at its center, The Tannenbaum still stands on the back end of winter. Its season has ended,

Upshur County Commissioners Court on Thursday (Feb. 15) will consider the issue of interlocal agreements with school districts for the county assessing and collecting school taxes. That matter is among 10 items on the agenda for the 10 a.m. public meeting at the temporary county courthouse in downtown Gilmer. One of the 10, however, includes

The City of Gladewater’s poised to join a growing number of public (and private) entities restricting employee use of the TikTok app on issued devices. The related ordinance on the Gladewater City Council’s Feb. 12 agenda will, if approved this week, bring the municipality into step with Senate Bill 1893, signed into law by Texas

Testimony was scheduled to open in Gilmer Wednesday (Feb. 14) in the murder trial of Michael Timothy Caffey, charged with the 2023 beating death of his father. A 10-woman, 2-man jury was chosen Monday at the Gilmer Civic Center for the case in which Caffey, 46, of Gilmer, has pleaded not guilty to killing 66-year-old