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Well, the streak is over. The latest sales tax announcement from the state comptroller’s office shows the City of Gladewater’s revenue allocation for May 2024 didn’t quite keep pace with the 2023 number, ending about 30 months of consecutive year-to-year gains for the community. May’s sales tax check from Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office is

Gladewater’s Texas Retired Teachers Association will gather at 6 p.m. May 23 to cheer local school’s outgoing educators. “You are cordially invited to join us for an evening of celebration and appreciation as we honor the dedicated individuals who have recently retired from their service in our local schools,” the association announced. “These remarkable individuals

White Oak ISD School Board members will meet in a special-called meeting Thursday – few details are immediately available as the board will spend the bulk of the session behind closed doors. According to the agenda posted Monday, the May 23 special meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Following the usual call to order and establishment

Gladewater City Council members have a limited agenda for a special session scheduled Thursday evening. In addition to the standard Call to Order at 6 p.m. (featuring an invocation and the pledge) the May 23rd meeting will include Citizens Comments before discussion and consideration of the city’s financial audit for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. While a

GLADEWATER – It’s Rodeo Time in Gladewater! The 87th Annual Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo rides into town June 5 – 8 at the Gladewater Rodeo Arena with many of the biggest rodeo stars in the PRCA and WPRA competing for top dollars and a trip to the National Finals. All the high-flying action starts Wednesday, June 5, with a

The Special Investigations Unit of the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office arrested 13 suspects in April on various charges, many of them drug-related, Sheriff Larry Webb announced last week. Details of the arrests were as follows, and all suspects were taken to the county jail in Gilmer, he said. (In some instances where the suspect was

Sixteen outstanding Gladewater ISD educators will receive the prestigious Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment. “This recognition underscores the exemplary commitment and dedication of these educators to fostering excellence in education,” according to a May 7 press release from Kimberly Dolese, TAP Executive Master Teacher and Chief Academic Officer at the district. Initiated by the Texas Legislature,

The key role is vacant at Gladewater Economic Development Corporation right now, but board members have tapped a familiar face to fill it – at least on a temporary basis. Following last month’s departure of Executive Director Michelle Palmer for another post, the organization’s volunteer board has been considering how to deal with present needs