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After months of consideration, research, consultations with specialists and dialogue with residents, the City of White Oak is poised for a Thursday vote on new water rates. City council members are scheduled for a 5 p.m. special meeting March 21 with one key agenda item: A water increase has been in the works since last

ETCOG will honor regional citizens and organizations who exemplify excellence in performance and innovation and contribute to the quality of life within the communities that comprise our 14-county region. The awards listed below will be conferred at ETCOG’s 105th Semi-Annual Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, March 21st, at the Jeffersonian Institute from 11:45 am

Recent wildfires in the Texas panhandle have burned well over a million acres, causing tragic loss of life and devastating local communities. In addition, the fires have destroyed livestock and grazing land in this region which is crucial to the US beef industry. Although the high human cost and devastation are the primary concerns at

The non-district portion of the schedules came to an end earlier this month for Gladewater and White Oak baseball and softball while Union Grove baseball and softball continued district play. The Gladewater baseball team began their week on March 12 with a trip to Tyler to take on Cumberland Academy and jumped out early and

Shining light on our government through public information helps us ask questions of elected officials – and hold them accountable. Sunshine Week, taking place March 10-16, recognizes the importance of open government and educates Americans about their right to public information. It’s not an abstract notion. It’s about what’s happening in the real world. You

Upshur County Commissioners Court, faced with a protest over plans to preserve the onetime jail cell from which the notorious convicted murderer Jerry (Animal) McFadden escaped in 1986, voted 5-0 Friday to demolish it instead. McFadden’s July 9, 1986 escape and his abduction of a female dispatcher from the jail, then located on the county

Another month, another sales tax boost for the City of Gladewater – it makes for more than two years’ worth of consecutive gains at this point. Interim City Manager Charlie Smith’s been digging into the numbers. They’re encouraging, but they’re also a bit of a mystery after so much good news month-after-month… after month. “I

AUSTIN – State Park day pass reservations for April 8 will open 8 a.m. March 8 (CST). Those hoping to view the total eclipse from a state park location can call the Texas State Parks Reservations Center at 512-389-8900 or go online for all parks except Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Reservations for Enchanted Rock