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Thursday night’s agenda for Gladewater City Council features the requisite public hearings on the municipality’s proposed budget and tax rate for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 – granted, there are changes incoming for the draft released in late-July. As City Hall isn’t looking to exceed the tax rate limit that would require voter approval, only one public

“We don’t just have half-a-million dollars laying around.” That’s the rough estimate to get all of Union Grove ISD’s buses equipped with state-mandated seatbelts, according to Dr. Greg Bower. There are 17 vehicles in the fleet for the rural Class 2A district, the superintendent said. “It would cost our district about half-a-million dollars and that’s

While districts across the state face the legislature’s unfunded mandate to get seatbelts in all school buses by 2029, White Oak ISD and its nine transports are already close to compliance. Per Supt. Jack Parker, six of nine buses are already equipped with the requisite safety gear. The clock’s ticking, but there’s plenty of time

There’s a significant change coming to the traffic flow at Gladewater Primary School as the city and school district try to alleviate congestion during drop-off and pick-up times. After months of observation and discussion by city leaders, the police department and Gladewater ISD administrators, signs will be posted this week barring left-hand turns out of

The University of Texas at Tyler recognized locals among its Summer 2026 degree candidates during commencement exercises Aug. 15 at the Herrington Patriot Center. Graduation activities are set for 9 a.m. Saturday for the School of Nursing, College of Engineering and School of Health Professions followed by a 1 p.m. ceremony for the College of

While the budget’s still in flux, the City of Gladewater has proposed a 14 percent increase to the total tax rate to cover costs in the coming year. At $0.637580 per $100 valuation, the numbers for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 include $0.538887 for Maintenance & Operations plus $0.098693 for Interest & Sinking (i.e. debt service). The

A handful of Mondays are back in the calendar for Gladewater ISD, part of an exchange that adds state grant funds in exchange for more study time. District leadership opted for an ‘expanded’ schedule moving forward in order to bump instructional days with students from 154 days last year to 159 in 2026-2027 and, eventually,

Nothing’s set in stone for the City of Gladewater’s upcoming budget, and local leaders are currently chipping away at the bulk in the financial plan for Fiscal Year 2026-2027. “Overall, it’s probably going to be a tough budget,” Gladewater City Manager Charlie Smith told council members last week, “but we’ll do what we can do.”