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The City of Gladewater’s taking a page out of White Oak’s book – almost literally. Council members here are set to vote July 17 on an ordinance setting regulations for local rights-of-way. It’s derived in large part from a similar ordinance City of White Oak elected officials adopted July 8 to curtail errant digs that

In addition to White Oak’s community-wide water outage and boil water notice, a portion of North White Oak Road will have to be removed and replaced after a dig breached a 12-inch water main Thursday morning. Temporarily shutting off the water supply for repairs, city leaders urged residents to fill containers as quickly as possible.

On July 8, 2025, George Osbron Merrill, III, W/M, DOB: 05/29/2007, pleaded guilty to Criminal Mischief, F3. Defendant Merrill received a prison term of 10 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On January 25, 2025, Upshur County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the Union Grove High School involving a potential

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a consumer alert to protect Texans against bad actors looking to take advantage of the devastating flooding in Texas by perpetrating scams “There are no words for how wrong it is that morally bankrupt people are trying to take advantage of Texans by using this tragedy to scam

[Above: CenterPoint Energy personnel assist a work crew that hit a gas line Tuesday, July 1, in the public right-of-way at First Assembly of God Church in White Oak.] A rash of response calls to fix fiber installers’ issues has bled dry the overtime hours for Public Works in the City of White’s budget for

Upshur County Sheriff’s Office has two ongoing investigations at Union Grove ISD after a student was accused of “Invasive Visual Recording” following an outcry in mid-June. According to a July 2 release from Sheriff Larry Webb, the department’s initial felony inquiry prompted a second misdemeanor case focusing on UGISD Superintendent Kelly Moore, alleging a “Failure

Gladewater and its neighbors are sitting at about 14 percent above the norm for rainfall this year. Longview’s the center of monitoring by the National Weather Service’s Shreveport Office, and Senior Service Hydrologist Emilie Nipper says the local total’s sitting at 26.92 inches of precipitation almost seven months into 2025. “That is a little bit

Press Release Kilgore College is currently accepting applications to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees following the passing of longtime board member Jon Rowe in April. Rowe represented the North Zone, which includes the Gladewater, White Oak and Sabine independent school districts. The individual appointed to this position will serve through the next