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“We’re moving forward.” Any leadership change brings challenges along for the ride, but Kyle Ready’s first week as Interim Gladewater Police Chief was a smooth one. “Everything seems to be going really well,” he said April 12. “Everybody’s pulling together and getting a lot of things accomplished right now.” Outgoing GPD Chief Gordon Freeman retired

East Texas Gusher Days returns this weekend with its 39th annual two-day event downtown. Scores of food and merchandise vendors will be filling the streets of Gladewater’s shopping district, and there’s a full slate of activities that will keep the free-to-attend event hopping April 19-20. A car show, chili cook-off, wrestling exhibitions, street dancing and,

“It doesn’t make any sense.” That’s been the common refrain at the intersection of Gay and Hendricks since late Tuesday afternoon after an as-yet-unexplained loss of water to areas north of the spot. There’s no timetable for restoration right now. It falls to Miller Construction contractors to backtrack and uncover their April 16 work at

Spring has sprung, but flowers may not be the only things popping up in your yard; this also is the season when snakes come out of hibernation. There are almost 3,000 different species of snakes in the world, with less than a third considered venomous, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. However,

Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight State agencies and regulators were heavily criticized at a Texas legislative hearing for failing to communicate during the deadly Panhandle wildfires, the Texas Tribune reported. The three-day hearing, held in Pampa, investigated the Smokehouse Creek fire and others that burned more than a million acres, destroyed hundreds of homes, killed

Gladewater Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Michelle Palmer is moving on to her next posting, accepting a larger, similar opportunity in the Gulf Coast community of Port Arthur. GEDCO Board Members accepted Palmer’s resignation April 10 “with regrets,” according to John Paul Tallent. Palmer joined the local EDC in early 2022 and steered the organization

Barring any unforeseen complications, the city’s water plant personnel were poised to put Gladewater’s principle pumps back in position Tuesday. The repair of the essential water system equipment was scheduled after the Mirror’s publication deadline, but City Manager Charlie Smith was confident the maintenance would go ahead as soon and efficiently as possible under Plant