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The Upshur County Grand Jury has indicted Alvin Charles McKnight, Jr., on a capital murder charge in connection with the Nov. 4 shooting deaths of two sisters. McKnight’s was among 21 indictments, six of them sealed, which jurors returned in Gilmer Feb. 1, Byrd’s office announced Feb. 7. The suspect remained in county jail under

[UPDATE, 11:29 am: Following publication of this story, the downtown tree has been removed.] ‘Twas seven weeks since Christmas, in Gladewater town, And the towering tree still hasn’t come down. In the heart of the city, right there at its center, The Tannenbaum still stands on the back end of winter. Its season has ended,

Upshur County Commissioners Court on Thursday (Feb. 15) will consider the issue of interlocal agreements with school districts for the county assessing and collecting school taxes. That matter is among 10 items on the agenda for the 10 a.m. public meeting at the temporary county courthouse in downtown Gilmer. One of the 10, however, includes

The City of Gladewater’s poised to join a growing number of public (and private) entities restricting employee use of the TikTok app on issued devices. The related ordinance on the Gladewater City Council’s Feb. 12 agenda will, if approved this week, bring the municipality into step with Senate Bill 1893, signed into law by Texas

Testimony was scheduled to open in Gilmer Wednesday (Feb. 14) in the murder trial of Michael Timothy Caffey, charged with the 2023 beating death of his father. A 10-woman, 2-man jury was chosen Monday at the Gilmer Civic Center for the case in which Caffey, 46, of Gilmer, has pleaded not guilty to killing 66-year-old

BRYAN – Canadian quarterback Camren Cavalier and Brock linebacker Cooper Massey were named the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A players of the year. Cavalier passed for 3,951 yards with 59 touchdowns only three interceptions to grab offensive player of the year. He added 1,494 yards rushing with 24 more touchdowns for the 14-1

Would-be office-seekers have just one more week to toss their hat in the ring for the Spring 2024 Election. Early voting runs April 22-30 before Election Day polling Saturday, May 4. With a slew of city and school seats up-for-grabs this cycle, candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 to toss their hat in

A sizable portion of Gladewater ISD’s students, parents and staffers are, at the very least, warm to the idea of a four-day school week. GISD Superintendent Dr. Sedric Clark updated the district’s trustees on the still-developing data about the scheduling option during the elected officials’ first monthly meeting of the new year Jan. 22. “As