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Gladewater’s Fall 2025 Citywide Cleanup is just a couple of weeks out, and this year’s event will once again take a multi-prong approach to sprucing up the community. Along with Gladewater Chamber of Commerce and volunteers, City Hall’s spearheading the Oct. 11 effort: “Together, let’s show some hometown pride and keep our community looking its

Imagine being trapped indoors by a drop of just a couple of feet. Imagine an injury, infirmity, illness that turns the front steps into a life-threatening obstacle. Imagine a loved one, a child or elderly relative, stuck in the home because their wheelchair, cane, or unsteady feet put the world outside beyond reach. The solution

Gladewater City Council members have an extensive agenda for their monthly meeting tonight at City Hall. The September session gets underway at 6 p.m. Item 13 of 22 is official consideration and a vote on proposed increases to the local schedule of fees, touching on everything from waste removal to administrative services, buildings and inspections,

AUSTIN — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today announced the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council (OAFC or the Council) has voted to award 109 grants totaling $21.2 million to entities across Texas responding to the opioid crisis. This vote marks a major accomplishment for the program. “Today represents a significant milestone,” said Hancock, who chairs

ETCOG will hold its 108th semi-annual Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, September 18, at the Rusk County Youth Expo Center & Arena in Henderson, Texas, from 11:45 a.m. to approximately 2:00 p.m. The Board will consider, among other items, the budget and planning guide for ETCOG operations for the fiscal year 2026 (October 1,

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas Congressman Nathaniel Moran (1st District) delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Sept. 11 to spotlight the life of Charlie Kirk as ‘a tireless defender of liberty and a faithful servant of God.’ Kirk was killed Sept. 10 by an assassin’s bullet during a public debate event

Kilgore College’s Dr. Brenda Kays has announced her upcoming retirement as the ninth president of the East Texas educational cornerstone. In an email to colleagues and friends last week, Kays noted she’ll continue to serve until February 28, 2026, before she wraps up her time in the college’s central chair after more than a decade

The Gladewater Youth Sports Complex was bursting at the seams Sept. 6-7, overflowing with Brock’s Blessings. It was the second annual charity baseball tournament in honor of the youngster, who died at age 9 after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma three years before. “His saying that he said throughout his journey was ‘God’s got this.’ That’s