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Gladewater’s Beautification Advisory Board is ready to resurrect it’s ‘Adopt-a-Spot’ program for 2025, giving locals a direct way to enhance their community. “If we all do a little bit collectively, we can make a tremendous difference in how Gladewater and the surrounding area can look,” said chairman Todd Clifton. “People in the community can adopt

As Mayor Brandy Flanagan puts it, sometimes a community needs ‘momma’ to get everyone in line. That was one of the closing quips Thursday night as council members updated residents on local progress and the plans ahead during their second Town Hall in six months. Personnel at City Hall are pulling together with people throughout

RELATED: Some lawmakers want to ban countywide voting on Election Day. Local officials are pushing back.   There’s been quick pushback locally against a new effort out of Austin to curtail countywide polling. Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt didn’t mince words about the issue, frustrated and perplexed by a pair of bills that aim to

RELATED: Local officials counter capitol efforts to can countywide polls Election administrators say letting people cast a ballot at any polling site is more convenient for voters and cheaper for local governments. By Natalia Contreras The Texas Tribune More than a dozen Texas counties are fighting a push by some Republican state lawmakers to get

Would-be office-seekers have a bit more than a week to make up their minds about whether they’ll make a bid for a local elected position. Filing opened in mid-January for the Spring 2025 election cycle — day-of polling is set for May 3 — and hopefuls have until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, to pick

A ruptured water main caused a bit of a after-school headache last week for White Oak ISD staffers and some parents – with repairs completed in the wee hours of the morning, however, it did not delay classes the next day. According to WOISD Supt. Jack Parker, the line broke, apparently spontaneously, late Wednesday afternoon

A Longview driver reportedly scared himself straight into a cell late last week — after leading law enforcement on a pursuit that topped 100 MPH. The incident began in Gladewater at 10:26 p.m. Saturday and ended about 20 minutes later with the suspect vehicle crashed out a mile from the county jail. According to Gladewater

Black History Month, also referred to as African American History Month, is celebrated each February. Historian, author and journalist Carter G. Woodson earned a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and later a Ph.D. from Harvard University and recognized that African Americans were largely absent from official stories of United States history. Setting out