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Currently, the Texas A&M Forest Service puts East Texas at a low to moderate risk for wildfire activity – that’s no greenlight to burn outdoors, however, and White Oak Volunteer Fire Department is reminding residents this week about local restrictions. Per the fire department, the City of White Oak’s ordinance on “allowable conditions for outdoor

If there’s one thing Gladewater ISD’s transportation director knows, it’s that the wheels on the bus go round and round because of all the people who keep the big yellows rolling. “Patience is key,” Charlie Ashby says, especially during the first week back to school. “Work with us as we work with you,” getting everybody

Residents will still enjoy unlimited access to White Oak’s Trash Off containers in September, but the service is now explicitly limited to community members. In an online update Monday afternoon, the municipality alerted residents to a new ID restriction for the quarterly service – officials blamed the change on an increasing number of non-citizens taking

Upshur County Sheriff Larry Webb’s Special Investigations Unit arrested nine suspects on drug-related charges in June, Webb announced recently. Details of the cases, which resulted from traffic stops unless otherwise noted, were as follows, and all suspects were transported to the county jail in Gilmer, the sheriff said July 17: Christy L. Burris, 51, of

It’s budget season for a slew of local governmental agencies, and the City of Gladewater’s reminding locals of their opportunities to weigh in on how the municipality puts tax dollars to use. Laws stipulate a minimum number of public hearings taxing entities must hold and, to some degree, when they must be set. The Gladewater

The Upshur County Grand Jury returned 17 indictments July 18, including three against a Gilmer woman, said Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd. Corah Aislynn Paige Anderson, 18, was separately indicted on charges of “escape while arrested/confined” last Sept. 27, assault on public servant on May 20, and “continuous violence against the family” on May

Unemployment figures for the East Texas area rose by half a percentage point in June compared to May, according to figures released by the Texas Employment Commission recently. June’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent compared to 3.7 percent for May, according to the TEC. There were 111,980 people employed out of a job force of

“If we all work together as a team, there’s absolutely nothing that Gladewater cannot do and accomplish. I can promise you that.” Gladewater’s Brandy Flanagan was keen to welcome the 60 citizens and 30 city officials and staffers in attendance for her first ‘Mayor’s Town Hall’ July 25, and the evening boasted a fairly affable