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The Texas Education Agency has released its final 2023-2024 financial accountability ratings, which show 83% of Texas public schools earned an “A” rating, reflecting “a continued commitment to effective financial management practices so that they can best serve students,” a news release stated. Districts get a letter grade for financial accountability and management. Gladewater ISD

“We are rocking and rolling trying to push forward to Thanksgiving Break.” For Jack Parker, his team and their charges at White Oak ISD, it’s been a busy Fall semester – his first in the district’s central seat. Granted, Parker was embedded in school leadership long before he was tapped as ‘Lone Finalist’ Aug. 8

A trio of portable toilets will provide a welcome respite in the coming days as the city takes the plunge on an interior/exterior revitalization of downtown’s public restrooms downtown. Donor funds will relieve taxpayers of a substantial amount of the cost, according to Gladewater City Manager Charlie Smith, privy to the contractors’ project scope. “We’re

It was back in June that Gladewater Mayor Brandy Flanagan first publicly aired her concerns about the number of vacant commercial buildings languishing throughout Gladewater. Five months and many discussions later, the relevant municipal codes have been reassessed, refined and, finally, reviewed by the city’s attorney. The sweeping code update is poised for council consideration

The Upshur County Grand Jury recently returned 15 indictments, six of them sealed, and no-billed three cases in Gilmer, said District Attorney Billy Byrd. Defendants, charges, and bond information in the Nov. 7 open indictments were as follows, Byrd’s office reported: Jeffery Crist Turner, 59, of Gladewater, possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine) on Sept. 4.

Years ago, during one of the numerous Presidential Economic Summits, I was given the task of identifying the single best thing that the US had done to maintain decades of leadership in business expansion. After a fair amount of research, I determined that the answer was “the next big thing.” Innovation has been and will

Lt. David Applewhite brought two important documents to his Veterans Day podium Nov. 11 – a Bible and the United States Constitution. “In times past, a copy of the New Testament was given to every enlistee in the armed forces,” Applewhite told those gathered for the Gladewater Former Students’ Associations annual salute to service members.

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for November, 1.1 percent more than in November 2023. Gladewater continued to be on a streak, posting a 6.16-percent increase over the previous year’s reporting period. White Oak showed