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A judge in Gilmer sentenced Craig Allen Smith to 50 years in prison last week after the defendant pleaded guilty to murdering his wife at her Gilmer home last February, said Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd. Smith, now 41, was sentenced Jan. 15 by 115th District Judge Dean Fowler for killing his wife, Vennessa

With auditors’ fresh stamp of approval on White Oak ISD’s books, administrators are seeing more light at the end of the tunnel. The district’s audit report took up a healthy portion of trustees’ regular meeting Monday, Jan. 13. “Our audit report came in, and it came in on time in January like it should,” Superintendent

Night at the Museum 2025 put a new spin on ‘living history’ locally Saturday evening. Unlike the other legendary musicians in Gladewater Museum’s hall of fame, world-class fiddler David Varnado is still alive and kicking and making music. As such, he began the night of Jan. 18 with his induction into the museum’s musician showcase

A bit more than six months since Mayor Brandy Flanagan’s first Town Hall Meeting alongside Gladewater council members and municipal personnel, the next is set later this month. After collecting residents’ input on a wide range of community issues July 25 (and acting on many of those points in the following months) the city’s Jan.

Scores of Gladewater community members gathered for the annual MLK Day Celebration Brunch Monday morning, hosted by the Gladewater MLK/Juneteenth Committee in the Wilson Royalty Event Center to encourage the community to support ‘Generation Next’ and continue the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2025 observance featured Youth Minister Justin Sutphen of Rising

David Varnado’s played fiddle across the United States alongside top country stars, and he’s also performed for an extraplanetary audience in a live broadcast from Mission Control to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. With plenty of accolades under his belt already, the Port Arthur native’s excited to add to the list his induction

Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, told The Dallas Morning News that the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and

Thieves escaped with an undisclosed amount of money after they circumvented security cameras in a dawn burglary at a local gas station Monday. Officers were dispatched to 1708 N. Main St. about 5:45 a.m. Jan. 13 after a store clerk arrived to open AJ’s Fast Stop and found the burglary in progress, Gladewater Police Chief