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Upshur County Commissioners Court last Thursday voted 4-0 with one abstention to accept bids on numerous items for the Road and Bridge Department. Precinct 2 Commissioner Dustin Nicholson abstained since his private business involves roads and bridges. The accepted bids included $305,901 for gasoline and diesel fuel from Petroleum Traders Corporation, and $489,600 from Bryan

AUSTIN – As spring break approaches, TxDOT is teaming up with college students to make sure their celebrations don’t have catastrophic consequences. The “Drive Sober. No Regrets” campaign is traveling to college campuses and spring break hot spots across the state to spread the message that there is always a safe and sober way to

  ATHENS – Stetson Davis, an 11-year-old angler from Tuttle, Okla., landed 13.31-pound ShareLunker 661 on Wednesday, topping the junior angler waterbody record for largemouth bass by more than five pounds. This marked the second Legacy Class ShareLunker largemouth bass delivered by J.B. Thomas Reservoir and the 11th overall of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection

Join us for the Gladewater Mirror’s Annual Candidate’s Forum – April 4 – at 6 p.m. at the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce. Each candidate – Jim Valentine and Brandy Flanagan for the Gladewater Mayor’s position, and Scott Owens and Stoney Stone for the Place 3 Council seat – has been invited to attend and participate

The Upshur County Commissioners Court’s plan to preserve the onetime jail cell from which the late Jerry (Animal) McFadden escaped in 1986, triggering what was then reportedly the largest manhunt in Texas history, is drawing a protest from the family of the woman McFadden was convicted of murdering. While the county has said its plan

The baseball and softball non district seasons continued for all three local teams this week as multiple games were played. Gladewater baseball began play on Thursday in a tournament hosted by Frankston where on day 1 on they defeated All Saints in a pitchers duel 1-0. Then later in the day the Bears won another

The largest wildfire in Texas history continues to ravage vast portions of the Panhandle, and as firefighters contain the destruction of the Smokehouse Creek fire and other blazes, East Texans are helping hold the line. The record-setting wildfire began Monday, Feb. 26, in Hutchinson County. According to data being collected by Texas A&M Forest Service,

On March 4th, 2024, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) executed a search warrant and recovered stolen items valued over $1,000,000 after a multi-agency investigation in Cass County. The joint operation, involving the Texas DPS Criminal Investigation Division, Texas Highway Patrol Division, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and Cass County District Attorney’s Office, led to