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

One of the most powerful boards in Austin is its Parks & Rec panel – they hold the purse-strings on a sizeable pile of public dollars, Kevin Clark told his colleagues and constituents last week. Gladewater’s not crafting that kind of entity, he added, but city leaders here do aim to expand local outdoor offerings,

  TYLER – In 2024, factors such as “failure to drive in a single lane”, “unsafe speed”, and “alcohol-related DUI” contributed to 147 fatal crashes and 164 total deaths in the Tyler District. The 164 fatalities are a 22-percent decrease from the previous year, and the lowest total since 2019 (148). The TxDOT Tyler District,

A measles outbreak in West Texas spurred state and local health officials to issue broad advisories early this month, and a steady rise in reports is prompting more caution, especially with Spring Break trips approaching. In the past several weeks, an initial dozen-or-so cases has become scores. While most are clustered in the Panhandle, the

The City of White Oak’s looking to get back into street sweeping — it’s been long enough that city officials couldn’t quite remember the last time the roads got regular TLC. More than a decade, they surmised during their regularly-scheduled February meeting. “I’ve had some people ask me if we can start that up again,”

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