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Don’t let him fool you: Kenny Ree-Hembling is not from a French-only enclave of Canada, he speaks English just fine. That said, the firefighter trainee enjoys a good practical joke, and his comrades at Gladewater Fire Department are happy to help sell the gag. Ree-Hembling is one of four fellows from the Great White North

The Lake Gladewater dam is back in a holding pattern — this time for all the right reasons. “We’re all in compliance with everything now,” Mike Simmons says, “the maintenance, our inspections, our reports. We’re waiting on the 2025 release of funds,” public monies that could cover the lion’s share of looming project costs. Key

Dale Thomas took up his lance last week and spurred White Oak City Council members to tilt at the town’s weathered well sites. “Your ordinances are not being enforced,” he told the community’s elected officials Feb. 11. Frustrated but fair, the local property owner says the ground-level workers for oil and gas operations are affable

Days after final filing finished for local office, one of Gladewater’s incumbents withdrew Feb. 18, leaving two council seats in contention May 3. Initially, there were three contested races for four spots on the Spring 2025 ballot for Gladewater City Council. Incumbent Rocky Hawkins ended his re-election bid after press time Tuesday, informing City Clerk

A 24-year-old pilot is being treated at a local hospital after his plane missed the runway Monday night in the midst of an apparent mechanical failure. First responders from multiple agencies were called to the scene about 10:15 p.m. Feb. 17. Personnel from Texas Department of Public Safety are spearheading the investigation alongside Gladewater firefighters

Gladewater Chamber of Commerce is rounding up a crew to hit the trail and head West for the organization’s 94th annual Membership Banquet. This year’s soiree is set for 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Gladewater Former Students’ Building at 2509 W. Hendricks. The 2025 theme is ‘Legends Round-Up’ — “The

After months of wrangling (and imminent litigation) a resolution’s on the table for the return of $150,000 tied to a stalled economic development project in White Oak. Last week, a dialogue between City of White Oak Attorney Blake Armstrong and counsel for Ebenezer Investments laid out the necessary steps to square things with White Oak

There’s a bit more than a day to go for candidates to file their bids for local office. Statewide, the deadline’s 5 p.m. Friday to secure a spot on a ballot May 3, so it’s still too early to say for sure which seats in Gladewater and White Oak will be contested this Spring. At