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A month after adopting rules for short-term rentals at Lake Gladewater, council members are considering a second set of regulations to cover home-based overnights throughout the rest of the community. They’d be taking on a significant amount of work in the process: as written, the elected officials will review each short-term rental (STR) in open

  AUSTIN – Texas Game Wardens maintained a strong presence on lakes, rivers and coastal waters across Texas during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. They contacted more than 10,800 vessels while participating in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide campaign focused on reducing the number of alcohol- and drug- related incidents and fatalities through awareness

(AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.2 billion in June, 4.2% more than in June 2025. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the agency in June. Receipts from the sectors mainly affected by business spending were mixed last month,

If you want to pull out all the stops for America’s semiquincentennial, start your fireworks countdown at 8:55 p.m. and 50 seconds Friday night – you’ll hit zero 250 seconds later as the fireworks launch. And, there’ll be plenty more time before July 4 officially arrives: Gladewater likes to get America’s birthday party started a

It’s been two years since the City of Gladewater turned a critical eye on vacant buildings and a little more than a year-and-a-half since council members adopted new controls. City Hall’s Code Enforcement team says the rules are working, with a few snags, and progress is being made. No new ‘teeth’ are needed in the

A new effort is underway to add a liquor option for White Oak voters’ consideration come November. Advocates are in the midst of their 60-day period to collect 835 signatures on a petition to put “The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages, including mixed beverages” on the ballot Nov. 3. Per state guidelines, the total

Another no-cost trash day is set for June 27 as the Gregg County Clean-Up runs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at all four precinct barns. There’s a limit of two loads per person Saturday, and the event will close early if the trash containers fill up ahead of the scheduled closing. The county’s four precincts

Gladewater City Council members and local officials took the time to listen and to lay everything out before adopting new rules for short-term rentals at the local lake. It took the better part of a year, but new regulations are in place as of June 18 (click here to read the documents or see below). It’ll