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The 74th annual National Day of Prayer is set for Thursday, May 1, and Gladewater Chamber of Commerce is putting together the local commemoration. The event is set for noon that day at the downtown Veterans Memorial Plaza at 119 E. Pacific. “Everybody needs to come and help us pray,” says organizer Lois Reed. Per

Reminder: There will be a flurry of emergency responder activity in and around Gladewater Saturday – it’s only a drill. The weekend exercise is a joint effort between multiple agencies, spearheaded by Gladewater Fire Department and the Gregg County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. In two search-and-rescue scenarios, local first responders and other

Gladewater Mayor Brandy Flanagan welcomed two directors of the Women’s Center of East Texas to City Hall April 17 to recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month – White Oak Mayor Kyle Kutch issued a similar proclamation April 15. Women’s Center Director of Operations Casey Tolbert and Nell Spencer, Director of Programs, joined Flanagan on

An adult male and two children were treated for reportedly minor burns after escaping a burning boat on the Sabine River east of the Hwy. 271 bridge Monday afternoon. A group of Gladewater firefighters was on the water and en route to the abandoned boat shortly before 4 p.m. April 21. According to a witness

The return of carnival rides at Gusher Days is peak news for the 2025 – truckloads have been rolling into town, and Lois Reed to see them dotting downtown. “We’re having them staged up at Fred’s until they can move down to where they’re going to be,” the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce dynamo said Monday.

Gilmer’s annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Gilmer/Longview law firm of Goudarzi and Young, is scheduled Saturday, April 19, at the Gilmer Civic Center on U.S. 271. The 11 a.m. event, normally held at the Upshur County Courthouse, was moved because the courthouse lawn is closed off for a multi-million dollar historical renovation of

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court last week approved seeking two grants from the state’s Criminal Justice Division to continue funding certain programs in District Attorney Billy Byrd’s office. In separate votes March 31, the court authorized requesting funds for the county’s Family Violence Intervention Program Project and the Victim Services Project. The proposed

Gladewater City Council candidates made a public pitch to voters Monday evening, answering questions in front of a packed house at the chamber of commerce. “I feel that Gladewater at this time is on an incline. It’s on its way back up,” said Sonny Anderson, Mayor Pro Tem and Place 5 incumbent. “We’ve had some