82nd Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Wraps Up …

  Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo – June 6-8 All-around cowboy: Tanner Green, $1,049, tie-down roping and team roping. Bareback riding: 1. Taylor Broussard, 88 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Ankle Biter, $1,525; 2. (tie) Paden Hurst and Hunter Carter, 86, $993 each; 4. Trey Moore III, 79, $554; 5. Zach Hibler, 75, $323; 6. Colby Fedor, 72,

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82nd Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Results Update:

EventStandingsGoRoundReport Bareback Riding – Go Round 1 Event Standings As Of 6/6/2019 Place Cont Nbr Name Total Score 1 19 Taylor Broussard 88.0 2 221 Paden Hurst 86.0 3 150 Trey Moore III 79.0 4 92 Zach Hibler 75.0 5 220 Bill Tutor 70.0   Bull Riding – Go Round 1 Place Cont Nbr Name

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We Salute the Brave Soldiers …

By Suzanne Bardwell Seventy-five years have passed since the June 6 D-Day invasion which not only turned the tide of World War II, it changed history. Operation Overlord was launched on June 6 under the orders of commanding Allied general Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hundreds of thousands of American, Canadian, British and other allied troops participated

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TxDOT EMBRACES GOAL TO END DEATHS ON TEXAS ROADS BY 2050

#EndTheStreakTX campaign helps TxDOT with lifesaving effort AUSTIN – How many deaths are acceptable each year on Texas roads? That’s a question TxDOT is addressing through a new ambitious goal, which ultimately states that the answer to the question is zero. Every day for nearly 19 years at least one person has died on Texas

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Texas Game Wardens Wrap Up Busy Memorial Day Weekend Boating Safety Effort

  AUSTIN – Like many Texans, state game wardens spent the Memorial Day weekend out on the water. But, unlike the many thousands who flocked to lakes, rivers and coastal bays to recreate, these wardens were on the job ensuring boaters stayed safe. Between Friday and Monday, game wardens conducted boating safety checks on more

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3rd Annual Gladewater Handicapable Rodeo Provides Rodeo Fun for Special Needs Children & Adults 

The 3rd annual Gladewater Handicapable Rodeo will take place Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m.–11 a.m. at the Gladewater Rodeo Arena, located on US Highway 80. Part of the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo, this free event for children and adults with special needs, along with their families, features a variety of rodeo-styled activities – horseback rides, roping,

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New council members hit the ground running

  Newly-elected Gladewater City Council members Karla Byrd and Kevin Clark wasted little time jumping into city business, questioning a contract with Gregg County over the new tax office annex which will be located in city hall. (READ MORE IN THIS WEEK’S GLADEWATER MIRROR)

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Lane Johnson gifts $500K to construct athletic training facility at Kilgore College

Former Kilgore College Ranger and current Philadelphia Eagles football star Lane Johnson has given a $500,000 gift to the college to construct “The Lane” Athletic Performance Center. The facility will encompass 3,800 square feet of what currently is a large, mostly unused locker room and dressing facility in the same building that houses the Parks

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